I've had an old pickle jar full of red lentils sitting on top of my fridge and doing nothing other than looking pretty for far too long. (Don't judge - those barrel-shaped jars are great for storing things like lentils and dry beans. Yay recycling!) I've also wanted to make carrot soup for, oh, about two years. Shawn wan't thrilled with the idea though, so I never got around to it. Now that the says are a tad cooler, it seemed like the perfect time to bring the two ideas together. I made a big pot of this soup one Sunday and ate it for lunch all week. Shawn didn't want any part of it – too bad, because he doesn't know what he was missing out on.