Lentil Soup With Chard - 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 3/4 cups dried brown lentils 2 quarts water 1 cup diced carrot 1 3/4 teaspoons sea salt 1 dash dried thyme 2 garlic cloves , crushed 2 parsley sprigs 2 bay[...]