Vegetable and Red Lentil Soup

This is a simply delicious soup, courtesy of the Women's Weekly "Good Food Fast" book.  It ticks all the boxes - healthy, tasty, quick, easy and cheap.  You can easily adjust the quantity of curry paste according to what your family likes - enjoy!

Ingredients (serves 6)
2 tbsp. mild curry paste
400g can of diced tomatoes
3 cups chicken stock
1 large carrot, chopped finely
2 trimmed celery sticks, chopped finely
1 medium potato, chopped finely
1 large zucchini, chopped finely
3/4 cup red lentils
1/2 cup frozen peas
1/3 cup light coconut milk

Method
Cook curry paste in heated large saucepan, stirring, about 1 minute or until fragrant. Add undrained tomatoes, stock, carrot, celery, potato and zucchini; bring to a boil.

Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 5 minutes. Add lentils to soup mixture; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, about 10 minutes or until lentils are tender.

Add peas; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer soup mixture, uncovered, until peas are just tender. Remove soup from heat and stir in coconut milk.