Tom Kerridge served up a tasty low calorie smoked pancetta and lentil soup with soda bread rolls on Lose Weight and Get Fit with Tom Kerridge.

The ingredients are: 1 tsp vegetable oil, 80g pancetta, finely diced into 5mm pieces, 1 large onion (about 100g), finely chopped, 2 carrots (about 200g), peeled and finely chopped, 4 celery sticks (about 150g), trimmed and finely chopped, 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped, 2 tbsp thyme leaves, 1 bay leaf, 1.5 litres chicken stock, 400g tin chopped tomatoes, 250g red lentils, 250g (about ½ head) Chinese leaf cabbage or savoy cabbage, shredded, large handful fresh flatleaf parsley, roughly chopped, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

See Tom’s recipes in his book titled: Lose Weight & Get Fit: 100 high-flavour recipes for dieting and fitness available from Amazon now.