Today was the first day of my renewed and concerted effort to get back into the weekday routine that I love: work early, yoga class (aiming for 3/week), and cooking a healthy yummy dinner. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m addicted to reading blogs about lots of topics, but cooking and food especially. I picked this recipe from one of my favorite blogs, Everybody Likes Sandwiches. Thank god for artistic creative people that share their ideas for free! I love to cook but I don’t “freestyle” very well. I am more comfortable cooking with recipes and then I adapt them if I can’t find one of the ingredients listed. Anyway, tonight I made Curried Red Lentil Stew with Chickpeas and Rainbow Chard and it was AWESOME. This recipe was invented for me: I love curry, I love the creaminess of chard, and I love saucy/soupy meals.

A few cooking notes: I reduced the oil from 2T to 1T and next time I’ll omit altogether and healthy saute the garlic and onions. Also, I’m going to double the rainbow chard next time because after it cooked down in the broth it changed into a super creamy texture and I found myself wishing there was more. If you plan on making this recipe, be sure to use a big soup/stew pot. The rainbow chard takes up a lot of space before it cooks down.