BLACK FRIDAY SALE 
This dish was a tasty little surprise. I didn’t expect much from a dish of baked lentils, but this recipe actually packs a ton of flavor into those little legumes. I had a friend over while I was making dinner and she commented that she never learned to like lentils.
“They taste like…….”
“Dirt?” I suggested.
“Yes!”
These lentils did not taste like dirt.
One thing I truly love about More with Less is that the way a meal is prepared is just as simple as the ingredients and the dish itself. I love that everything is mixed and cooked right in the baking dish. After making this dish I had 3 things to wash–a wooden spoon, a cutting board, and a knife. No mixing bowls or pots or pans.
The kiddos really like the cheese addition. I can’t have dairy so I left cheese off of part of the dish and topped mine with Daiya cheddar cheese shreds.
The only ingredient change I made was reducing the salt from 2 teaspoons to 1 teaspoon, using one onion instead of two, and I used a red pepper instead of a green pepper because that’s what was in the veggie drawer. The recipe ingredients below list the ingredients according to how I make the recipe. Feel free to make your own changes (I try to remember to note the changes I make in the comments section of the recipe).
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Source: More with Less by Doris Janzen Longacre (adapted)
Ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cup lentils, rinsed
- 2 cups water
- 1 whole bay leaf
- 1 tsp salt
- 1⁄4 tsp pepper
- 1⁄8 tsp each marjoram, sage, thyme
- 1 large organic onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups canned tomatoes
- 2 large carrots, sliced 1/8″ thick
- 1⁄2 cup thinly sliced celery
- 1 bell pepper, chopped
- 2 Tbs chopped parsley
- 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Method
For instructions, see page 106 in More with Less by Doris Janzen Longacre **
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