3 saving lentil soup Recipes

dried green lentils, onion roughly chopped, garlic, minced, green peppers, roughly chopped, celery, roughly chopped, carrots, roughly chopped, potato cubed, loop of cooking chorizo (the small sausage, not the slicing kind) roughly chopped., tomatoes (drained , but save the juice), red wine, beef or chicken stock, enough water to cover all ingredients in the pot, salt, pepper, bay leaves, sugar, olive oil

olive oil or 2 tbsp unsalted butter, yellow onions, thinly sliced (or 1 spanish onion), celery ribs, trimmed and thinly sliced (save the leaves from 1 stalk), carrot, trimmed, peeled, and thinly sliced, chicken broth or 6 cups vegetable broth, french green lentil, rinsed and picked over (lentils du puy), orange peel , about 1 x 2 inches, white pith removed and cut into 3 pieces, black peppercorns, coriander seeds, whole clove (the spice , not garlic), fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped (1-inch piece), salt, fresh ground pepper, yogurt, for topping, chopped cooked bacon, for topping (or lardons)