Power Red Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

4 cups vegetable stock
2 cups red lentils, soaked in water
2 large carrots, chopped
1 cup butternut squash, cut into small cubes
1 onion, cut into 6 wedges
2 sprigs thyme or rosemary
2 bay leaves
paprika, to taste
a pinch of nutmeg, to taste (optional)
1 avocado, cut into cbubes

In a saucepan, combine stock, lentils, carrots, squash, onion, bay leaf, and thyme. Cover and simmer for half an hour. Remove bay leaf.

Blend mixture half at a time then bring back to the saucepan. Add paprika. Bring to simmer.

Garnish each bowl with avocado and a dash of nutmeg.