SHOPPING LIST: Carrot, Red Lentil and Ginger Soup (1 portion)
Meal Plan 8, Monday lunch (autumn and winter comfort, vegetarian)

[ ] olive oil (you need 1 tsp)
[ ] ½ small onion (the other half goes into tonight's hotpot)
[ ] 2 carrots (about 200 g)
[ ] 1 tsp grated fresh root ginger, or ½ tsp ground ginger
[ ] 40 g dried red lentils
[ ] reduced-salt vegetable stock cube (you need ½ cube)
[ ] 1 slice wholemeal bread, to serve
[ ] black pepper (you need 1 pinch)

Cupboard check: olive oil, reduced-salt vegetable stock cube, black pepper are probably already at home.
Use half the onion today and keep the other half for the hotpot.
Fresh ginger keeps well in the freezer, and you can grate it from frozen.