Warmth wanted, a day for soup

It was a gray day, gray with temperatures edging into autumn cool, a good day for soup...

Home from my coastal wander, I decided it was a good time to conjure up a big pot of soup. Today's taste choice started with a red lentil base. Then vegetables jumped into the pot - carrots, sweet potatoes, corn, chick peas, portabello mushrooms, tofu too. Soup, loaded with vegetables, a good meal for tonight, lunches for this week, and some to pull from the freezer for later.

The recipe? Today's concoction pretty much followed the recipe for Soup #1 in my December 2009 Soup season blog post.