Ultimate Lentil Soup

A very good lentil soup with bacon cooked in it for flavor that is removed at the end. It had great flavor and I particularly liked that Swiss chard is thrown in at the end. I cut it 1/2" across and removed the ribs as specified, but wish that I had cut it into 1" lengths. The long ribbons of Swiss chard tended to be served mostly with the first bowls. I only could find regular sized portobellos and so it was not practical to remove the gills as they specify with the larger portobello caps. There were a lot of ingredients which take a long time to prepare, but worth it.