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February 11, 2009
Foods
So I finally got around to trying making myself lunch foods to take during the day.
My requiements are cheap, flavorful, and high in protine. Shauna and I were talking the other day and Lentils came up as a possible solution. she gave me some ideas and I googled for a few variations on a theme. (lentils and rice)
A bunch of the recipies wanted lots of time and I was in a hurry this morning, so I went with a drastically simplified version.
It is as follows:
- 1 cup lentils
- 1 cup rice
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 cup lentils
this looked bland so i added the following:
- 1 tbsp garlic
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- /2 tsp lemon juice
Threw the whole lot in a pot and cooked for 20 minutes or so. During the cooking, I noticed that the water was dissappearing faster than the lentils and rice were cooking, so I added more. It smelled great when it was done, but the flavors turned out a bit subtle for my taste.
This bears more experimentation. Or, I could just try one of the other recipies I found.
Over all, not bad though.
Posted by Matt at February 11, 2009 12:19 PM