The weather has cooled, with high temperatures in the upper 50s today, so Wednesday was a good night to make soup. I used three containers of broth from the freezer (about 3 ½ cups each). I sauteed chopped carrots, celery, orange bell pepper, and sliced mushrooms in olive oil. I removed them from a pan to a skillet and sauteed ground turkey to which I added three cloves of garlic. I returned the vegetables to the pan and added the broth and 1 Tbs. dried onion that I had rehydrated. I added 1 cup of red lentils, then a Tbs. of Penzey's Ozark seasoning and ½ tsp. Penzey's cumin. After bringing it all to a boil, I simmered for half an hour before I sauteed kale in olive oil, then added it to the soup. We had it with cornbread.
It was a comforting meal for the day after the election. I had stayed up until around 1 a.m. and did not sleep well. I also got the first of the two installments of the Shingles vaccine today, which was the last of the weekly immunization clinics our local pharmacy does in the autumn. I will have to go to a pharmacy with a resident pharmacist to get the second shot within two to six months from today.
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