This is a CHEAP as it gets!!! Enjoy this “Rice and Beans Budget meal” – rather “Rice and Lentils Budget meal” 😉
Sweet and Sour Lentils
simple, scrumptious budget friendly meal made with rice and lentils
Servings - 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup lentils
- 2.5 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup apple juice
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 smalle white onion chopped
- 1 cup rice)
- 1 large zucchini side dish
- 1-2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- 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 with side of sauteed zucchini.
Micah and Katie says
What kind of lentils do you use in this recipe??
Micah and Katie says
oh and whats EVOO
$5 Dinner Mom says
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.
Jen says
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!
Ebru says
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.
Bonnie says
Micah and Katie: TEVOO means tablespoon, extra, virgin olive oil. Hopes this helpls you.