YAYYYYY More lentils!!!!
We grow lentils so buy LOTS of them ok??
Red lentils are shelled in the store, so they cook faster.
We grow green lentils. They're pretty all-purpose.
Look in the "recipies" section, there's a thread about lentils in there and I posted a really good recipe for lentil-banana loaf that is deeee-lish!
To cook lentils, you can either do a quick boil or a long soak. Soak them overnight and they should be soft in the morning (I think. I usually do the boil method. Hopefully someone else knows the soak method!).
The quick boil is you put them in a pan and cover them with water - they swell up, so leave room in your pot. Bring them to a big fat boil and then turn them down and let them simmer until they're soft (30-40 mins depending on how fresh your lentils are. The older, the longer cause they're dried out more). Then drain and rinse.
Then you can throw them into ANYTHING! Throw them whole into soup, spaghetti sauce (it's my favourite, because my husband hates the texture of lentils but he doesn't notice them in spag sauce
)... chili, whatever! If you make a puree (following the directions in my post on the other thread) you can put puree into anything too - cookies, loaves, etc.
Eat beans too! They're tasty, and have mostly the same attributes as lentils. And I can give you a absolutely killer recipe for baked beans if you want
Like you get in a can, only way better!
Thanks for supporting our industry! (P.s. it's better if you buy Canadian
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I bought mine at Superstore in the "Ethnic" aisle because it was cheaper that way for a gigantic bag. These ones just needed to be rinsed, no soaking required.
