Sweet and Sour Lentils

September 2, 2008 · 3 comments

Ingredients
1 cup lentils ($.50)
2.5 cups water
1 t salt
1/4 cup apple juice ($.15)
1/4 cup cider vinegar ($.15)
1/4 cup brown sugar ($.15)
1 clove garlic ($.05)
1/2 onion, chopped, sauteed ($.30)
1 cup rice ($.20)
1 Zucchini ($.79)
1-2 T EVOO ($.10)

Directions
1. Cook lentils in water with salt. Bring to boil and simmer 20 minutes, until soft.
2. When lentils are cooked, add apple juice, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic and onion. Mix well and heat through until bubbly.
3. Cook 1 cup rice with 2.5 cups water.
4. Slice zucchini and saute in EVOO until tender.
5. Serve lentils over rice. (Rice + Lentils = Complete Protein! Gotta love cheap protein!)

Cost $2.39
This is a CHEAP as it gets!!! Enjoy the meal and the bargain!

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$5 Dinner Mom

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1 Micah and Katie September 22, 2008 at 8:14 pm

What kind of lentils do you use in this recipe??

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2 Micah and Katie September 22, 2008 at 8:15 pm

oh and whats EVOO

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3 $5 Dinner Mom September 23, 2008 at 9:32 am

EVOO = Extra virgen olive oil
Type of lentils…not sure! I don’t remember what kind I usually buy…I just grab them off the shelf. I imagine this would work with any or a variety.

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