Lentil Soup

I love the Cook's recipe for lentil soup, and I make it a lot because it's so easy and tasty. On Sunday I made the chicken broth, and I think I used too much bay leaf, but it was good nonetheless. I skipped the blender step--I don't have an immersion blender, and it's just too annoying/dangerous to put the hot soup in the blender. Lisa gave us the last of her beautiful garden chard (we use the same seeds--why is hers so much better???), and I sauteed it with currants and pine nuts. My hippie bread came out a little too crusty, but the inside was delicious.