First you give up sugar, and now you're off meat too? Switch those with alcohol and coffee and you're one step closer to being a Mormon.

I met a chef who has their own business delivering meals to clients. She says her clients are either celebrities, wealthy people who don't want to cook but want to eat at home, and two income households where both parents work long hours but want to eat healthy.

Y, I actually have a good lentil soup recipe, but you can post yours in case anyone else wants it. I have a hard time convincing Mike that soup is a meal. Also, everytime I cook a veg meal, he yells "Where is the meat?!"

Tell him the gray wolves ate it.

Excellent.

Danimal is the same way... I love soup, but I rarely bother making it.

what's up with danimal. he is awol.

Has Mike not seen the Campbell's ad on tv that tells us "Soup is good food"?

Post your recipe for lentil soup. I'll make it. Nobody but me at my house will eat it, which is ok because there will be more for me.

Lentil Soup

1 ½ cup dried lentils soaked in salted water 30 minutes or overnight

In frying pan, sauté for 10 minutes over med heat

• 1/3 cup Olive Oil
• ½ cup chopped fresh garlic
• 1 large white onion chopped
• ½ cup red bell pepper chopped
• ½ cup chopped celery
• ½ cup chopped carrot

After 10 minutes, add 1 cup tomato sauce
Stir and sauté for five more minutes

Transfer to large 6 qt pan.

Add:
Rinsed and drained lentils
12 cups of water
3 packets of Goya ham flavoring packets (there are 5 or 6 packets in one box)
8 Chicken bullion cubes
3 dried bay leaves
1 large can of beef broth (a couple of normal size cans)

Optional (one of the following):
½ cup barley
½ cup white rice
2 peeled potatoes

Bring to a boil, reduce medium for 1 ½ hours.

Looks good, YOhio. I'd have to leave out the onions, as onions literally hate my guts. Eating onions is like eating a box of razor blades.

Keep them in. The taste is worth it.

It is tempting to keep them in. If I do, will you represent me when I sue you for causing me harm?