lentil girl

gee, seems either my cdrom or the cd mike gave me is fucked. there’s no reason why it should take over half an hour to copy a 1.7mb file to my harddrive. ugh.
bad hair day. no. really bad hair day.
i made a big pot of what i’m affectionately referring to as “lentil stew” last night. you see, i don’t like beans unless they come out of a can with tomato sauce and pork. sometimes, if i’m in a generous mood, i’ll deal with some kidney beans, but only in chili. other than that, i would rather eat my shoe than consume legumes. i find them too sandy in texture. and i’m all about the texture, baby.
being concerned lately about my protein intake since i seem to have gone all veggie without any real intent, i was contemplating lentils. marie had mentioned making them for her family and the way she prepared them made it sound almost appetizing. so, knowing nothing about lentil preparation, i picked her brain. she even brought me in some red lentils to experiment with. what a sweetie.
sunday night, i measured out a cup of dry lentils and put them in a big container full of water and let them soak. you have to soak them, you know. then i diced up some carrots, celery, onion and put it all in the fridge. last night, when i came home from work, i got to cooking.
big pot. oil. saute onions and some garlic. toss in celery and carrots. little more garlic. heat up. dump big can of diced tomatoes in. heat up. stir. pepper. mmm, more pepper. *deep breath* putting in lentils. stir, bring to boil, turn down heat, let simmer one hour. pour in a can of tomato sauce. yup, more pepper.
it was more of a surprise to me than anyone else that i actually *liked* the final product. i had two small servings even though i’d already had dinner. it was that tasty. just call me lentil girl!