3 vegan lentil soup lemon and garlic Recipes

brown lentils, water , plus 1/4 cup cold separated, spring onion , finny chopped (green onions), garlic clove, crushed (optional), chopped flat leaf parsley, olive oil, rice flour (regular flour may be used if not gluten free), red wine vinegar (not halal), sea salt , to taste, fresh ground black pepper , to taste, lemon, cut in wedges (to serve )

olive oil, onion, chopped, stalks celery, chopped, carrots, sliced, garlic cloves, chopped, potato, peeled and diced, red lentils, rinsed and picked over (9 oz /1 large generous cup), vegetable stock (4 cups, check gluten-free if required), bay leaves, lemons, halved, ground cumin, tabasco sauce (more if preferred ) or 1/4 tsp a pinch cayenne pepper, ground black pepper , to taste, lemon slices (to garnish ), flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped for garnish