janentil soup
Before I get to the soup, Catherine is sick. Babylove has the flu and is feeling pretty low. She goes between the living room and her room resting and reading and watching a movie or two.
Peggy inspired me with her lentil soup and I dug around and realized I had everything to make my own so here goes.
1 lb lentils - I ended up using greenish ones.
8 cups liquid - I used 4 cups beef stock, 4 cups water
16 oz diced crushed smashed pureed whatever tomatoes
1 medium onion chopped
1 cup carrots - I had a bag of julienned carrots left over and just chopped them up a bit
BACON!!! okay… use anywhere from 2 slices (wimp) to 6 slices of BACON!!!
3 tbsp parsley
2 tbsp wine vinegar
1/2 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp pepper
1 clove garlic - minced
2 1/2 tsp salt - I didn’t add salt since I used beef stock. If you use all water, add the salt
Saweet - lentils don’t need to be soaked beforehand so rinse them and throw them into the crock pot. Yep. Crock pot. Add liquid, tomatoes, BACON!!!, everything else.
I’m going for 4 hours on high. I may add an additional 2 hours on medium/low if it needs it. So far it smells pretty good. I had some cheddar topped sourdough in the freezer that I pulled out.
I hope this works and Cat eats a bit. She hasn’t eaten today. She’s been able to keep her fluid intake up and everything, but she’s sick. And Mongo won’t leave her side. He’s such a good and loyal boy.
