January 1, 2025

Happy New Year Dear Readers! I was feeling a bit despondent about climate change and possible societal collapse (this is what my friend Prof Adam Aron often talks about). But it’s great to channel one’s climate anxiety into something useful! And after sending one long-winded anxious and despondent email to someone I consider a mentor, I’m happy. Society has not collapsed today. And it might not, if we all start eating more LEGUMES! So last night, I kind of made up a new Instapot Lentil soup recipe and it was awesome!

Ingredients (servings size about four adults)

• 1 cup of washed dry lentils
• 2 cups of water
• 1 teaspoon of better than bouillon
• 2 small tomatoes chopped
• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon of tumeric
• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon of cumin
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• pepper
• 1/3-1/2 chopped and diced onion
• minced garlic or garlic powder
• left over 1 teaspoon of extra spices I had around (I think it was some kind of garlic, onion something) was just trying to use it up

That’s it! 15 minutes in the Instapot! And the cooking was electric too since I used the Instapot. So less indoor air pollution for us, and less methane gas in our house.