Lentil Soup
Menu Lentil Soup (Lečina Juha) Coleslaw Rye Bread It was the second Tuesday in December. I was in the mood for soup. Should I continue with my string of makeovers? The soups I had prepared earlier in the year didn't seem to need much tweaking. So I decided to try something new. But what? I had covered most of the traditional Slovenian favorites. Finally, I had it. Lentil soup. The Progressive Slovene Women had a recipe for lentil soup. A little checking online reassured me that this was indeed a traditional Slovenian dish called lečina juha. The soup looked easy, even when I incorporated a few additions from an Internet source. Simple and straightforward seemed like an especially good idea, right about now. I had barely started my holiday baking, so that would have to be the focus of my cooking energy for the next few weeks. I even took a few shortcuts with the soup recipe: canned beans and no pre-soaking with the lentils. For ...