mmmm.....Lentil Soup

 

 

 

I love Lentil Soup.

My Mom use to make the absolutely best Lentil Soup.

I miss my Mom.

So, today, i made a pot of Lentil Soup.

The house smelled amazing.

As i chopped celery, onions, smashed garlic, diced carrots and potatoes, i felt closer to my Mom.

Here's my recipe for Lentil Soup:

It is a must to have Santana music in the background as you prepare this soup, btw.

It's also necessary to have a little child under foot asking, "What doin, Mama? Are you cookin'?"

Ingredients:
1/2 lb dry Lentils
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1/4 lb smoked ham or sausage (i used ham today....)
1 small onion chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 potato, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Chicken or Beef Bouillon
4 cups of water (i use beef stock or chicken stock)
salt and pepper to taste
dash (or two or three) of hot sauce

Directions: Sort and rinse lentils. In a medium saucepan, heat oil. Stir in onion, celery, carrot, potato, garlic and ham until tender. Add lentils and remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until lentils are tender and soup gets thick. Add more stock/water if necessary.

I will probably be the only one to eat this soup...Emma turned her nose up at my amazing soup, and my sweet husband has declared that he 'doesn't really care for lentils'.

But that's okay....because today, if only for a while, making this soup made me feel my Mom all around me.

It's odd how smells can do that, isn't it?