Lentil Ben

I just made lentil soup!

This is quite amazing to me, since this is the second lentil soup recipe I've seen in a couple of days (the other was on Good Eats, and I'll get around to making that one, too). I was intrigued by the bacon that starts it off, but also the promise of something fairly healthy and filling to eat. (My calculations, figuring on 8 small servings, is 3 points!)

My soup may, in fact, be a little too filling. Some of it is...there's no getting around it...kinda chewy. I've never been a good simmerer. But man, is it tasty.

Don't leave out the final steps: the salt, pepper, and vinegar. I did, initially, and the soup tasted kind of bland to me. But the seasoning really made it pop!

Rob