Holy crap I've jumped off the deep end!

Where has the month gone since I published the last ebook? (for those of you who don't know, I'll be a self promoting twat and hit the link for The Zombie's Diary here.) Alright, so I might be 83 pages into the new book. . .don't judge me! That and I did do a good four days near Chicago-land last week, and been banned from grilling due to excessive drought for the last month, so many of my wonderful summer foods are going to waste. Which is a damn shame since I have a lot of fantastic summer foods I wanted to try grilling this summer as I developed new ideas. 

But since I can't do a good summer meal, I'll do a four ingredient soup which will help keep you hydrated and full on these hot summer days.

Four Ingredient Soup (for the lazy man)

Tools:

Cutting Board

Pot with lid

Knife

Spoon for stirring

Ingredients:

1 quart of light chicken stock 

1 piece of ginger about the size of the end of your thumb

2 cups of frozen veggie soup mix (carrots, onion, celery, taters, etc.)

1/4 cup of lentils

Alright, this is one of my easier summer soups cooking in about 20-30 minutes (or all day if you decide to pop it into a crock pot, I'd just double the recipe). Pour the stock, veggies, and lentils into the pot and turn the heat to medium (don't cover yet). Take the ginger and you'll want to slice off the outer brown skin of the garlic. This is incredibly bitter/foul tasting, so it wouldn't be any good. Now slice the ginger as thin as possible, you don't want huge chunks of ginger floating in your soup, but you do want the flavor to mingle throughout. Add the sliced ginger to the pot, stir, cover the pot with the lid, and lower the heat to low. In about 20-30 minutes the lentils will be cooked through giving you an awesome source of protein and fiber. 

This is one of my favorite summer soups because it gives me the things I know I need for playing outside: liquid, salts, protein, and fiber, which really help your body cope with increased temperatures. This soup is paired nicely with some sliced bread or even better, day old crusty garlic bread. 

Anyways, stay cool my friends, and until later: Bien Camino!