Another great use for your homemade vegetable stock, broken lasagna soup is a hearty, nutritious blend with the perfect amount of texture. It’s the ultimate lasagna bowl! I love the chewy addition of broken noodles and the texture of kale to contrast. It’s a favorite pot to share with friends on an evening in, a beautiful addition to your next soup season potluck, or an easy recipe to prepare something for the week ahead. Less complex than a full lasagna but with just as much flavor! This soup is one for the rotations. Enjoy!
A wonderfully flavorful dish, this 30 minute broken lasagna noodle soup is a great use-it-up recipe making the most of leftover produce and leftover noodles you might have from this miso mushroom and kale lasagna with lemony tofu ricotta. With a savory, tomato based broth it’s the perfect combination of vegetables and bright, acidic balance for a cozy bowl on a cold night. Versatile with the ingredients you can throw in, it’s a good way to practice your improvisational cooking skills.
Broken lasagna noodle soup
This delicious, 30 minute broken lasagna noodle soup is a great use-it-up recipe making the most of the leftover produce and noodles you have on hand.
makes: approx 8 servings | prep time: 10 min | total time: 30 min
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion (I used red, but any variety works)
- 1 medium sweet potato or 2 - 3 medium carrots
- 4 - 5 stalks celery, leaves can be included
- 1/4 of a medium green cabbage (approx 1 1/2 - 2 cups chopped)
- 4 - 5 leaves of kale
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp chili flakes (bump to 1/2 tsp if you like a little more spice)
- 1 can fire roasted tomatoes (14.5 oz)
- 3/4 cup red lentils
- 8 cups vegetable stock
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 juice lemon (approx 2 tbsp)
- 7 - 8 approx leftover cooked lasagna noodles (more noodles? add them in!)
To-Do's
- Dice onion and sweet potato and add to large bowl.
- Thinly slice celery (leaves included) and cabbage and add to bowl.
- Strip kale leaves off the stem, set aside. Thinly slice stems and add to bowl.
- Roughly chop kale leaves into small pieces, set aside in small bowl to be added in later.
- In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium. Once hot, add in onion, sweet potato or carrot, celery, cabbage, and kale stems. Sauté for 4 – 5 minutes, until fragrant and onions are translucent. Stir continuously.
- Add in kosher salt and chili flakes, stir to combine.
- Add in tomatoes and stir 1 – 2 minutes.
- Add in lentils, vegetable stock, apple cider vinegar and stir. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low for 18 – 20 minutes. Stir every few minutes to ensure lentils do not stick to the bottom of the pot.
- Once sweet potatoes or carrots are fork tender turn off heat. Using an immersion blender or potato masher, blend the soup 1 – 2 minutes, until just combined. I like mine blended about 3 / 4 of the way through.
- Add in previously chopped kale and lemon, stir gently. The heat from the soup will wilt down the kale.
- Using clean hands or scissors break you cooked lasagna noodles into smaller pieces (I like to vary the size for texture) and add to pot. Stir to combine.
- Enjoy! Best served warm. This soup keeps well in the fridge about a week.