Blended Tomato and Lentil Soup

Blended tomato and lentil soup. Made with celery, Bramley apple, tinned tomatoes, red onion,  red lentils, and vegetable stock, plus oregano, basil and parsley.

The vegetables were boiled first until tender. Then the tomatoes were added, and the red lentils. After ten minutes or so, the herbs and the vegetable stock were added.

After another ten minutes of cooking at a medium heat under glass, everything was thoroughly blended using a hand blender.

Cooked for another ten minutes, by which time the soup was ready to serve.