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Lentils

toxicelektra
toxicelektra Posts: 17
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi There. Do you guys have any experience with cooking lentils? I had a really bad first experience, I think it was the recipe though. I think I could really like lentils if I made them properly. Any suggestions?

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  • Julesong
    Julesong Posts: 18 Member
    Whenever I'm looking for recipes, I go to RecipeZaar... which is now Food.com (http://www.food.com/). Generally has better recipes than Allrecipes (fewer "add a couple cans of cream of mushroom soup"), has reviews, and most helpful for some of us, nutritional breakdown.

    I love lentils, myself. :) What kind of lentils did you try? Because while I love red/orange/yellow lentils, I'm not particularly fond of green ones...
  • toxicelektra
    toxicelektra Posts: 17
    I used the goya lentils, this was the recipe I used http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spinach-lentil-soup-2/detail.aspx. I laughed when I read your "mushroom soup" comment because I guess I didn't realize until just then how many recipes there are like that on there. Thanks for the food.com suggestion.
  • gingerb85
    gingerb85 Posts: 357 Member
    I love lentils and cook with them often. There are three basic types - red, brown, and French or puy lentils. The brown and the French CAN be interchanged, but never exchange brown/French and red. The red lentils are the softest and are usually used in soups or other dishes that doesn't require them to maintain their shapes. I generally use brown lentils. I'll make a lentil taco filling that is super yummy. I use this recipe http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Spiced-Lentil-Tacos-351390 and sub vegan sour cream.

    My very favorite recipe is a Lebanese lentils and rice dish. That recipe is on my blog: http://vegancajun.blogspot.com/search/label/lentils.
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