Sweet and Sour Lentils
Yield – 4 servings
Preparation Time – 5 minutes
Cooking Time – 30 minutes
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 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil ($.10)
Directions
- Cook lentils in water with salt. Bring to boil and simmer 20 minutes, until soft.
- When lentils are cooked, add apple juice, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic and onion. Mix well and heat through until bubbly.
- Cook 1 cup rice with 2.5 cups water.
- Slice zucchini and saute in olive oil until tender.
- 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!
What kind of lentils do you use in this recipe??
oh and whats EVOO
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.
I just made this unassuming recipe and it was quite flavorful and delicious! Thankn Erin. Also, I didn’t have zucchini so I just microwaved a box of frozen (chopped) spinach and used my potato ricer to drain it before adding it to the lentil mixture. Can’t wait to let my husband & daughter try this for dinner. Yum!
pecorino is often also called ronamo over here. I guess the correct name is pecorino Romano: pecorino ronamo is a grating cheese and then there are pecorino sardo and toscano that are table cheeses. They are all made with sheep milk, but in different part of Italy.
Micah and Katie: TEVOO means tablespoon, extra, virgin olive oil. Hopes this helpls you.