From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite......and the rains came down. The Silver Fox and I decided to tempt fate today, and in a crazy moment of blind optimism went to the Mt. Pisgah Mushroom Festival. "How bad can it be?" says he to me. It was not one of our wiser decisions. Rain does not begin to describe what fell from the sky this afternoon, and wet can't describe the condition it left us in. The worst of it was the vendor who makes a mushroom soup to die for, didn't show up this year, so we never got the bowls of soup that might have warmed our innards. We returned home, wet and hungry, with some friends we bumped into at the festival. I decided to make this very quick curried lentil soup, and with some help from my sad looking crew we had lunch on the table in less than an hour. This soup is a pantry affair and it is perfect for a simple foul weather meal. I think you will enjoy it. It is easy to do and I suspect you, too, have all the ingredients you need to make it in your pantry. I love the kick bacon gives this soup, but if you are not a meat eater, use 3 tablespoons of olive oil to saute the vegetables and you'll have a soup more to your liking. Here is how I make this family friendly lentil soup.
