Try this. It's good. And metric, too.

Great Unified Lentil Soup

• 1 medium-sized onion
• 2-3 cloves of garlic
• 50 g butter
• 1 chicken breast (or a comparable amount of other meat)
• 1 bunch of greens
• 1 bunch of spring onions
• 200-300 g red lentils
• 1250 ml broth (e.g. chicken)
• 2-5 potatoes
• 350 g mushrooms, e.g. edible boletus
• 250 ml milk
• 100 ml cream
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• juice of a lemon
• salt, pepper, paprika, curry powder
• 1 bunch of chervil

Peel and dice onion and garlic. Roast gently with 30 g of butter in a large pot.

Add diced meat, keep roasting gently.

Dice greens and spring onions, add, and let it all simmer for about 5 minutes.

Add washed lentils, cover with broth.

Add diced potatoes. Cook at medium heat for about 30 minutes.

Slice mushrooms finely and roast for 5 minutes in a pan with 20 g of butter. Then add to the soup.

Add milk, cream and tomate past; let boil for a moment.

Add lemon juice.

Add salt, pepper, paprika and curry to taste.

Serve strewn with chopped chervil and decorated with mushroom slices.