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Sweet and Sour Lentils

September 2, 2008 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 6 Comments

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This is a CHEAP as it gets!!! Enjoy this “Rice and Beans Budget meal” – rather “Rice and Lentils Budget meal” 😉

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Sweet and Sour Lentils

simple, scrumptious budget friendly meal made with rice and lentils
Prep Time5 minutes minutes
Cook Time30 minutes minutes
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.

 

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Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Lentils Recipes, Rice Recipes, Side Dish Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tagged With: zucchini

Comments

  1. Micah and Katie says

    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 says

    September 22, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    oh and whats EVOO

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  3. $5 Dinner Mom says

    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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  4. Jen says

    December 13, 2010 at 2:06 pm

    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!

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  5. Ebru says

    December 8, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    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.

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  6. Bonnie says

    January 4, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    Micah and Katie: TEVOO means tablespoon, extra, virgin olive oil. Hopes this helpls you.

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