Author: Ruth

Pirates and Pools

Day one of our Eclipse trip – we drove through Ohio, had dinner at a Culver’s near Cincinnati, and ended the day in an awesome pirate ship themed hotel room at Wildwood Inn in Kentucky.  The hotel room has a loft with a bed and sitting area upstairs, bunkbeds under the stairs, more beds downstairs, and is painted and decorated like a pirate ship throughout, complete with rigging and sails and lamps that look like oil lamps.  It’s very awesome.  Plus, there’s a pool and a hot tub and air hockey.  And good free wifi.  Too bad we are only here for one night!

Lentil Soup with Kale

Started making this on weekends to take into work. Simple and freezes/reheats very well.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 large yellow onion, diced
  • 2 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 2 celery stalks, chopped
  • 3 garlic gloves, minced
  • 1 1/2 cups green lentils, rinsed
  • 7 cups vegetable (or chicken) stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 5 fresh sprigs of thyme
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3 leaves of kale

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. In a medium pot, heat up olive oil.
  2. Saute onion, carrots, celery and garlic until softened, about 3-4 minutes.
  3. Add rinsed lentils, stock, bay leaves, thyme sprigs, shredded kale leaves.
  4. Bring to a boil and turn down to a simmer.
  5. Simmer for 25-30 minutes, until lentils have softened.
  6. Taste and season with salt and pepper.