/ck/ - Food & Cooking

What's this a fucking blog for losers now?

Lentils are the shit. Buy em, cook em, love em.

>cheap
>no need to soak
>cooks quick
>tons of fiber and dece protein
>many very easy recipes involve lentils

The half-assed recipe that carry me through college was the following:

Lentils
Water
Leeks
Potatoes or Carrots
Spoonful of Butter (or clarified butter if you can manage it)
Salt and pepper
Dill and bay leaf (optional)

Measure about two cups of lentils. Wash them in the colander or don't bother if you can't be arsed. Put them in a pot and fill with water until the lentils are covered by about 1.5 inches of it. Start boiling that shit. When it's boiling turn the heat down to about 6 or 7 to keep it steady.

Meanwhile, chop up the leeks and potatoes into small pieces.

After about 10 min of boiling throw in the taters, spices, and butter. Keep it simmering until the lentils are soft enough for you. At this point you should adjust salt/spices to taste.

Finally, toss in the leeks and mix. Turn the heat down to 3 and cook for 4 minutes. Take it off heat and start eating, blyat.