Beans, beans, beans....

[Desert-Dan (Dan)]

Did you enjoy Alton Brown’s “Good Eats” Lentil episode??

[shrinkrap]

I did! I was left wondering about the varieties, and the ones I have in particular (“puy”?).

I am down a lentil rabbit hole.

[Desert-Dan (Dan)]

I think mine are just the plain brown ones. I make all manner of dishes with lentils.

Lentil Fritters
Lentil Pasta Bake
Lentil Hot Pockets
Lentil Meatballs
Lentils, Black Olives & Squash Casserole
Lentil Filled Sweet Potatoes
Lentils & Rice w/ veggies

I’ve made these several times and they among my favorites. It is a bread wrapped cheese and lentil fingers. I’ve also made them for a party. One of the guests was vegetarian (not vegan - so I was allowed to use cheese). She LOVED these as a walk around type finger food.

[Bigley9 (Pat Bigley)]

I had never used black lentils until I made this ragu Mushroom and Lentil Ragù. Their texture was perfect for this recipe. (I live all lentils)

[Saregama]

You might be interested in this dried lentil / bean thread too:

DRIED BEANS/LEGUMES/LENTILS (or canned) - Your favorite recipes / applications?

I had a variety of dried beans soaking (gigantes, blackeyed peas, white peas) in pursuit of virtuous (and delicious) future eating. Made my mom proud and put them into separators and pressure cooked them all at once. Now to decide what to do with them… What are your favorite applications for dried (or canned) beans/legumes? Do you center meals around them? Favorite recipes (yours or borrowed)?

[shrinkrap]

Here’s the Lentil Salad with Olives, Mint, and Feta, served with some salmon salad.

Tastes good!

[Desert-Dan (Dan)]

@shrinkrap post reminded me of these bread wrapped lentil cheese fingers I had made a while ago.

That got me thinking about the link sausages (I had in the freezer) and how I could bread wrap those (with some shredded cheese) to make something Sunshine could eat with just one hand. I made up some pizza dough the night before and batch cooked these Bread Wrapped Cheesy Sausage Links.