Lunch.

Am I the only mom who forgets to eat? Amidst all the time I spend feeding Foster and keeping him happy it's not uncommon for me to pass noon before I realize I haven't had breakfast or lunch. I am trying to fix this so today I accomplished a miracle: homemade soup while home alone! Foster has a new swing with a detachable rocking chair so I brought that into the kitchen and tackled some tasty lentil soup as blogged about by my lovely friend Lisa. I made it almost exactly the same with a few minor changes. First of all, I couldn't imagine this soup without garlic so of course I had to throw some of that in with the onions. Maybe it's the Ukrainian in me. Second, I had tomatoes sitting on my counter but the heat left them inedible so I ended up moving them to the compost and adding a tin of tomato paste instead. Also, as per usual I added spices to taste instead of following the instructions. It turned out really tasty and I was proud of myself for making a decent lunch for once. I have a hard time preparing food for just me but t will be nice to have leftovers for tomorrow and Davis can take some to work too. I find soup is one of the hardest foods to take good photos of but here is my version:

Would definitely make again! Now Foster has graciously decided to take a nap so I am going to try to get some dishes done before I make some more in my dinner prep. I'm planning on whipping up some potato salad and maybe some jerk tempeh to go with it. I'll let y'all know how it goes. Thanks to Lisa for the great soup idea!