Delicious lentils for lunch.
By marguicha
@marguicha (215504)
Chile
March 25, 2024 12:44pm CST
Some people in my country cook legumes every Monday and it is also washing day. I have never done that but Dixie has this kind of routines.
I suppose that legumes used to be eaten on Monday many years ago when butchers did not work on weekends and there were no freezers. I do know that still now, I would not buy fresh fish on a Monday.
As for washing clothes, I check the weather and then I ask Juanita if she´ll oblige. I gave my dryer away many years ago and have never repented.
Dixie made the most delicious lentils today. I don´t make tham as she does but I wished for a while that she had offered me seconds. As it is I´m full but I did want that flavor to stay in my mouth forever.
What is your favorite legume?
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
26 Mar
Today Humberto bought and brought home a ready roasted chicken. We both said aloud that the chicken was fine but that the lentils were much better.
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@just4him (306518)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Mar
@marguicha I'm glad you enjoyed both.
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
26 Mar
They are very easy to make. My black bean recipe is harder but it is worth the trouble.
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
26 Mar
@sallypup I used to make beans with pork skin. But now I can´t eat that.
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@sallypup (57954)
• Centralia, Washington
26 Mar
@marguicha My beans are pretty basic when it comes to spices. We eat some kind of bean many days of the week.
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@RebeccasFarm (86774)
• United States
25 Mar
I love red lentils.
What spices to you put Marguicha?
I also like the split peas with bacon in them.
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
25 Mar
I make them in different ways. But most of the people here add sausage while I don´t. I just fry onion with some garlic and a bit of smoked ground chili pepper. When I have leftover cooked rice I add some too.
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
26 Mar
I don´t buy fish on Monday either but I wash depending on how many dirty clothes I have and if the sun will come out ( I don´t have a dryer)
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@LadyDuck (458388)
• Switzerland
27 Mar
@marguicha - My washing machine can also dry, but drying is expensive as it consumes a lot of electricity.
@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
25 Mar
I love legumes but don´t make them too often.
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
26 Mar
@wolfgirl569 I used to make them more often when Leticia worked at my house.
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@grenery8 (2132)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
26 Mar
@marguicha they are and healthy, i believe
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@GardenGerty (157562)
• United States
26 Mar
I think pinto beans are the favorite here, but I am so glad you posted as I have taken a container of lentils out of the freezer with the intention of packing them in my lunches this week, but I had forgotten. You solved my problem about what I would eat tomorrow.
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
26 Mar
I love pinto beans but the outer part does not agree with my tummy. I have to cook them and then sieve them.
@psanasangma (5884)
• India
26 Mar
When I count all the legumes it seems like I love all the legumes !
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
26 Mar
I soak legumes once in a while and cook them with no spices. I then freeze them in servings for easy meals when I don´t want to cook much.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
26 Mar
We Indians make legumes which we call dal almost everyday. In a vegetarian diet it is rich in protein.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
27 Mar
@marguicha Yes, and gives you energy and keeps and balances sugar in our body.
@snowy22315 (170046)
• United States
27 Mar
Peanuts are technically a legume. It would have to be them.
@LeaPea2417 (36460)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Mar
I like lentils a lot. I would make them more but my husband and son are not as excited about them as I am.
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
25 Mar
I love lentils. I usually soak and cook a whole kilo in the pressure cooker and then I separate them in servings for two. I only fix the ones I´ll be eating during the day. I freeze the rest just cooked.
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@RasmaSandra (73472)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Mar
I love lentils particularly lentil stews and soups but have not had any in a long time, I don't know if their legumes but I also love lima beans,
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
25 Mar
The only legumes I can´t eat are dry beans as the skin does not agree with me. But even then there are some beans that I can eat, such as black beans.
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@LindaOHio (156392)
• United States
25 Mar
I like all kinds of beans. I love lentil soup. It's one of my favorites.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
25 Mar
I am glad that you enjoyed them so much. I don't really have a favorite.
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@marguicha (215504)
• Chile
25 Mar
The only legumes I don´t like much are peas in soups. I ate a lot of them when I was young, but now I don´t like them at all.
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