Yesterday began Week Nine of The McCombs Plan, so I'm allowed to have legumes again. Last week there was a great post over at Home Ec 101 about a Lentil Pilaf, and in the comments someone suggested cooking lentils in the rice cooker. My little rice cooker that I bought specifically for The McCombs Plan is my new favorite gadget, and I'm so excited to try it out on lentils! I did not make the Home Ec 101 lentil pilaf recipe, I just did what I've been doing with rice, only with lentils. And I added spinach, because I absolutely love lentils with spinach. In case you are interested, here is what I did:
Lentils with Spinach
1 cup lentils
2 cups water
2 carrots, large dice
1/2 yellow bell pepper, large dice
1 rib celery, large dice
1/4 cup coconut oil
2 big handfuls fresh spinach (um, 2 cups maybe?)
Put all in Fabulous Magical Rice Cooker, and hit "Cook"!
*We buy this at Sam's, and it has just the right amount of salt, and no yucky stuff like "hydrolyzed yeast", MSG, or sugar of any sort. It makes fantastic rice "pilaf". You could, of course, use whatever seasoning you like/have on hand.
Update: The spinach cooked down way too far. I put another couple of handfuls in a large bowl, dumped the hot lentils on top, stirred, and put a plate on top to keep the heat in & wilt the new spinach. Tasting now: Yum! The seasoning is great coupled with the natural pepperiness of lentils. I'd call it a success!
Update Two: Hm. Further into the bowl, I find there is a tiny hard kernel at the center of some of the lentils. I think next time I'll put just a skosh more water in, and leave it on "Keep Warm" for a little while to be sure they are cooked through. Also, these lentils were pretty old, so they may have been even dryer than most. Still tasty! ;-)
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