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Lentil Mushroom Bake

Legumes - Lentil - -

INGREDIENTS

8 oz / 225 g red lentils
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
Mushrooms, chopped or slivered
Margarine
Thyme, coriander, oregano, basil, pepper
1 T tomato paste
1 cube vegetable stock
1/2 cup bread crumbs

METHOD

Heat the oven to 375F/190C. Grease a bread pan with the margarine.

Put the lentils and stock cube in a pan, add some water and boil it all. Skim off the froth. Cover and simmer for twenty minutes. Drain the water.

Melt some margarine and saute the onions, garlic and mushrooms until soft. Add the lentils, then add the spices to taste and the tomato paste. Add half of the bread crumbs and mix it all up.

Put it in the bread pan and sprinkle the rest of the bread crumbs on top. Bake for thirty minutes and eat it hot or cold.

NOTES

I tried this once and it was sooo good. Moon doesn't eat lentils either, but I bet she'd at least try this.

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[Reply] - [link] - Really good - [richie] - 2010/03/13 - 14:57

I tried this and it was great. I will make it again and again. It actually seems like you're eating something meaty.

[Reply] - [link] - adapted to fit my pantry - [JodyB] - 2010/03/17 - 17:44

I used brown lentils, added 2 carrots,skipped the bread crumbs, and added this wild rice medley from trader joes. Next time I have bread crumbs, I probably wont have the lentils! so it goes