Lentils are becoming a favorite food for me and its a challenge to find new ways to cook them up without destorying them. I think my favorite way so far is my Lentil Salad I modified from the Moby Teany cookbook.
1 cup of lentils
half a cup of frozen or fresh green beans
2 cups water
sesame oil
olive oil
juice of one lemon
1/4 cup of Roasted Red Peppers, jarred are fine
Soy sauce to taste
mushrooms (optional)
nuts, cashews or almond or walnuts. (optional)
I boil a cup of lentils with 2 cups of water for about 8 or 9 minutes. I drain them and get a skillet started with a bit of olive oil and seasame oil. Add in the green beans and garlic and get them started to unthaw. Then I add the lentils and lemon and soy sauce and work around with a spatula until the green beans are unthawed but not mushy. If you are using mushrooms you can add them at this point too to not get too mushy but to get warmed through and soak up some of the soy. I like portabello. Toss in nuts if you have them.
Now the leftovers. Its wednesday night and I like to clean out the fridge. So I planned to make a little pouch with some feta cheese and some fried tofu in a tortilla. MMMMM. Hell no. OK not totally Hell No, but it turned out dryer than I wanted. I needed to have a suace for it and if I ever do it again it will get a sauce for sure. They looked very good and tasty but just came out very dry.
Lentil Pouch Leftovers