Other than lobsters and champagne, I also absolutely love lentil soup.
Lentil soup is probably one of the least sexy foods out there, along with black pudding and just about anything with marmite on it. But unlike both black pudding and marmite, lentil soup is yummy and comforting and I do not care if people judge me for loving it just as much as I love a good surf and turf.
Considering that I go through about 3 cans of Heinz Lentil Soup every week I thought it was time to learn how to make my own. Especially seeing as I currently have all that time on my hands from not working and considering that if in three months I have still not figured out what I want to be when I grow up, it may just be the only food I can afford.
I'd like to name my variety of this dish 'Everything I had in my fridge plus lentils and 6 hours later you have soup'. Turns out if you try to eat it after a mere 4 hours of intense boiling, it will be all the wrong sorts of chewy and crunchy. It also turns out lentils are not like spaghetti that you just chuck in water for a few minutes. Nope, you're apparently suppose to soak them overnight. Seriously? I know I said I now have extra time on my hands, but I'm not Doris Frickin' Day.
Also turns out that when you chuck all vegetables from your fridge into a pot, it's enough soup for you and about 89 of your closest friends. Seeing as I can't fit 89 people into my flat, eating lentil soup for 5 days straight it was.
I may have time on my hands, but Tesco does 5 cans of soup for £3 and I think that's a better deal than wasting another 6 hours waiting for my lentils to be edible.
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| Just kicking off, blissfully unaware of the wait that is ahead of me. |
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| Four hours later - still not finished. |
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| And six hours later - my lunch had turned to dinner. |
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