Perfect meal for a rainy January day

So super overcast for many days. Never really feels like daytime, feels more like pre-dusk. Pre-dusk from 8 am to 5 pm, and then night. Today and tomorrow are waterlogged (is this a foreshadow of Mother Earth giving us a spring of resplendent wildflowers? Hope so). What's the perfect time goblin for nine potentially boring and definitely soggy hours of pre-dusk? Cooking and baking a late lunch with my partner while listening to Paul McCartney's Ram and George Harrison's All Things Must Pass on vinyl. Simple solution, indeed, to Texas's version of the winter doldrums. Also, feels so great to have a mate who knows all the words to "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey;" I'm a lucky one.

Matt made Lentil and Spinach Soup and Focaccia. I had never heard of nor seen (let alone, ate) a spinach soup. So verdant! So yummy! So super food-y!

The soup recipe is from an out-of-print vegetarian cookbook (apparently without an author). I can transcribe the recipe in the comments section, if wanted.

P.S. The immersion blender Christmas present came in super handy for this one.

The focaccia recipe is from our food bible.

P.S. The mandolin slicer (plus protective gloves) Christmas presents came in super handy for the decadently thin tomato slices!

The apple crisp recipe is from Can you Believe it's Vegan? I stumbled upon this cookbook at the library. It's a very healthy recipe, using oats and spelt flour (an ancient grain high in both fiber and protein) and sunflower oil (instead of a butter substitute). Very delicious.