Double Red Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• red lentils

  sorted and rinsed
  1 cup
• bay leaf
  1 unit
• salt

  or more to taste
  1/2 tsp
• Tbs. olive oil

  preferably extra-virgin
  1 unit
• onions

  diced
  2 medium
• cloves garlic

  minced
  4 medium
• Tbs. minced fresh ginger
  2 unit
• ground cumin
  2 tsp
• ground coriander
  2 tsp
• parsnips

  cut into 1/2-inch dice
  2 medium
• carrots

  cut into 1/2-inch dice
  2 medium
• bunch spinach (8 oz.)

  rinsed well, thick stems removed and torn into
  1 small
• bite-size pieces
  1 unit
• Tbs. fresh lemon juice
  1 unit
• of Cayenne
  1 Pinch