.Lovely Lentils
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion (I forgot to put my onion in the photo. I apologized to it later.)
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped celery (I despise celery, so I refused to buy it. I compensated with an extra carrot.)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup lentils
- 1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped
- 1 3/4 cups Vegetable or Chicken Stock (Water if fine too and that's what I used!)
Saute the onion, carrots, and celery (unless you're anti-celery like I am) in the vegetable oil for about 5 minutes or until softened.
Add the lentils and sweet potato and pour in the stock or water. Bring to a boil, turn down the heat, and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
Puree! Add the cooking liquid as needed to reach the desired consistency.
Here's what this recipe yielded me:
THE VERDICT: I set aside one of these green-topped containers to try out on Micah right away at dinner. He plowed through that one container in about 2 minutes flat. Evan was feeding him and he couldn't shovel it in fast enough. I was hoping to get a photo of him eating it, but it was over too quickly! Lentils are wonderful because they are cheap, but pack a powerful punch of protein and iron. A winner!
