Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Have I become a bit of a blogging bore? (Please tell me you appreciated my alliteration. And did you see what I did there?) Because it occurs to me that while I’m just trying to move through some of my mountain of books to read, the constant “now I can review THIS one and it can LEAVE MY BEDROOM” might get impressively dull for everybody else. I’m going to avoid being tedious today, however, and instead of reviewing one of the books waiting to be reviewed, I’m going to give you an easy, tasty, healthy slow cooker soup recipe. Because who doesn’t need one of those in December? Am I right?

I was looking for something to put into the crockpot on a Thursday, because Thursday nights are kind of awful–school pickup, home by 3:30, after school band pickup, 4:15, dance for one of my girlies, 5:15, and oh, yeah, people want to eat DINNER sometime in the midst of all that. Last Thursday I found and doubled this Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Bacon to impressive effect; my son gave it two thumbs up and my oldest was a fan as well. (My second girlie will never love anything with legumes, and my last one is unpredictable. It is what it is.) I left out the red chili flakes mostly because I forgot them, although I only ever add a pinch of those because we’re wimps; the only conscious changes I made were to saute the onions and celery in the bacon fat before tossing them in (because WHY THE HECK NOT) and to toss in some cubed potatoes, which the recipe mentioned as a nice addition anyway. It was cheap, easy, tasty, and cooked nicely on high, folks. Who could ask for anything more? If you’re looking for a meal plan this week, then, you should absolutely let them eat soup!