Vegetable ingredients: Lentils, tomatoe
This week, I was a bit under the weather. I needed a homey, simple dish. Mark Bittman had the answer: Lentils and macaroni! I used Trader Joe's ready-to-eat steamed lentils, which made the process very easy.
Ingredients
1/2 packet Trader Joe's ready-to-eat steamed lentils
2 carrots
1 medium onion, minced
1 cup cored and chopped tomato (canned is fine)
salt and pepper
1 TS minced fresh oregano
1 pound elbow macaroni or something similar
1 ts minced garlic
Preparation
Combine lentils, carrots, onion in large pot, simmer for 15 mins
add tomatoe, sald, pepper, half of th eoregano, stir, keep warm
bring water to boil for pasta
reserve a cup of water
stir cooked pasta into lentils, add oregano, perhaps water
cook for 2-3 minutes
It doesn't look very fancy, but it tasted really good. We helped ourselves to seconds. Even the little person tried one of the shells (after carefully peeling off a lentil).
Verdict: 7/10 for taste and ease of preparation. 2/10 for looks.
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