Stone Soup and Grandparents Day

 Stone soup in the studio is a tradition for grandparents day and each year the children enjoy preparing soup together for their special visitors.

I came to both classes and shared last year's stone soup storybook and the children enjoyed retelling it in the studio.

On the special day friends and family trickled in the studio to enjoy a bowl of soup and home made tortillas.

We had several requests for the recipe (each year's is different), so here you go:

• 2 
tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 
large onion, chopped
• 8 
celery ribs, sliced (on the diagonal is pretty)
• 2 
tablespoons minced garlic cloves (or 3 cloves, finely chopped)         
• 2
(1 lb) bags dried lentils, rinsed and sorted
• 12 
carrots, chopped
• 6 
cups broth
• 2
(14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 
tablespoon dried thyme
• 1⁄2
teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2
teaspoon black pepper 

Toss all the ingredients in a crockpot and cook on low for 6 hours (we left ours on overnight).  Share and enjoy.