Vegetable stew

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp Olive oil or rapeseed oil
• 1 Onion finely chopped
• 3 Garlic cloves sliced
• 1 tsp Smoked paprika
• ½ tsp Ground cumin
• 1 tbsp Dried thyme
• 3 Medium carrots (about 200g), sliced
• 2 Medium celery sticks (about 120g), finely sliced
• 1 Red pepper chopped
• 1 Yellow pepper chopped
• 2 X 400g cans tomatoes or peeled cherry tomatoes
• 1 Vegetable stock cube made up to 250ml
• 2 Courgettes (about 300g), sliced thickly
• 2 sprigs Fresh thyme
• 250g Cooked puy lentils (we used Merchant Gourmet ready-to-eat puy lentils)

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