Lentil Soup with Sausage - With fruit

Every year around this time — well into the winter season, but long after we found it charmingly brisk, as it is when you do googly-eyed things like ice[...]

1 2/3 cups lentils (11 ounces), rinsed well 5 cups water 3 1/2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf 4 garlic cloves, finely[...]

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium onion , chopped 4 stalks celery , sliced 8 ounces turkey salami or 8 ounces kielbasa , coarsely chopped 4 cups chicken broth 4[...]