Ruby and more soup!

Ruby on her walk today, was 'smoking' an even larger cigar:

More soup made this morning. Today I used 4 medium to large carrots, 1 onion, 1 red pepper, 2 medium potatoes, 1/2 a courgette, 1/4 cup pearl barley, 1/2 cup split red lentils. A can of tomatoes was added and enough hot water to just cover the vegetables.

Once cooked, I added two stock cubes, 1 teaspoon dried tarragon, lots of black pepper, 1/2 a shallow tub of garlic cream cheese and two sliced bockwurst. It was thickened with cornflour:

We would normally eat 4 ladles of it each for lunch. This time, I decanted 7 ladles into each of the bigger pots. The other two ladles plus the remainder went into the little pot. We shall have both larger pots over the next two days.

The smaller pot will be frozen to have meat added to it and serve with noodles or rice for a cheap meal.