Do You Like Lentils?

[Jules]

Jmo, lentils are yummy. Lentil soup is easy and healthy. They’re high fibre, which is good for everyone. Basically, soup was the only way I used them. Recently I wondered why I wasn’t cooking them up for other meals. I had paid $2+ for a can that I was adding here and there to salads. The other day I bought green and brown for $2 a bag. I cooked up 1 cup of a mix of green, brown, and red and ended up with a huge bowl of about 4 cups worth. I did them with a dried vegetable blend and shallots. Easy, peasy and delicious. I’m using them as a side dish with dinner.

 

[MountainRa]

I do like lentils. I think they are not appreciated enough. So easy to cook.
I have a recipe for lentil meatloaf I plan to try soon.

 

[Bella]

I've enjoyed lentils since I was a child and still do. My grandmother routinely cooked lentil soup and used lentils in salads.

I keep these on hand for a quick, no-fuss meal over polenta or rice. Costco has an eight-pack available.

 

[oscash]

We were raised on Lentils as youngsters. My mother would boil them up and when cooled down would push them through a
sieve to make them smoother, then add browned onions and a little turmeric for colour. We had lentils, rice and rissoles every week.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I like lentil soup

 

[Aunt Bea]

I like pizza, I eat lentils.

I make and enjoy lentil soup but I could live a comfortable life without lentils.

I should really make an effort to experiment with some of the middle eastern recipes for things like lentil salad, rice and lentil pilaf, lentils with onions and pasta, etc…

 

[WheatenLover]

NO. All of my kids do, though. I will likely start eating them anyway. I found out, with oatmeal, that if I eat something daily for a few weeks, I no longer hate it with a passion. It is palatable after that. But I'm never, never going to try that with grits or okra or turnip greens.

I determine whether I will like something by smelling it. I determine whether more spices need to be adding to whatever I'm cooking by smelling it. The only time that failed me was with tomatoes. They are among my top five favorite foods, but I was 50 before I discovered that I didn't hate them.

 

[Rossana]

My mother used to make a lamb lentil stew as well as an Italian lentil stew. I love both of these dishes as well as a lentil soup.
As an older person, I find lentils to be easier to digest than any other beans.

 

[Messy]

No. Had them when I lived in a flat with other students where we cooked for each other. One girl made em. It was not like yummy. It had a peculiar taste. I rather eat brown beans. Maybe if you have a great recepy, but just like that cooked with a bunch of gravy neh. She also added millet instead of potatoes or rice. Millet. My birds loved it, but I'm not a fan.

 

[Lewkat]

Yes. Have lentil soup a lot.

 

[hearlady]

I just ate some homemade lentil soup yesterday that I found in the freezer.
I had been watching a video on healthy foods and lentils were high on th list.

 

[robin416]

I'm not crazy about them. I never had them until I was totally an adult so it might be one of those things you had to grow up with.

I did read that the red were more tasty than the brown. Those I need to try.

 

[Ronni]

I eat lentils occasionally, to see if my opinion of them has changed. It hasn’t. I don’t like them.

That said, Ron’s been doing a lot more cooking since his diagnosis, and lentils is on his list of foods that fight cancer, so I’m expecting that there will be another chance or two in the near future to see if I like them any better.

 

[robin416]

I eat lentils occasionally, to see if my opinion of them has changed. It hasn’t. I don’t like them.

That said, Ron’s been doing a lot more cooking since his diagnosis, and lentils is on his list of foods that fight cancer, so I’m expecting that there will be another chance or two in the near future to see if I like them any better.

And if you don't find them any tastier, what are you going to tell him?

 

[That Lady in PA]

No lentils for me.

 

[IKE]

I had to google lentil and I've never eaten them as far as I know.

Tell you what....somebody send me a big bowl of lentil soup the next time they make a pot and I'll post here my honest opinion.

 

[Ronni]

And if you don't find them any tastier, what are you going to tell him?

Oh he already knows I don’t much care for lentils, but I’m not a picky eater. If he’s going to the trouble of making dinner, I’m certainly going to eat what’s put in front of me! I’ll be honest when I tell him how they compare to other lentils I’ve eaten

 

[Pink Biz]

I like lentils quite a bit although I didn't "discover" them until adulthood. Lentil soup is a favorite. Since they don't have much flavor on their own, they need to be properly spiced up to taste good.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

I've only seen them in stores, but never eaten them, and don't recall my grandmother or mother ever cooking them. After reading the favorable posts here, I added them to my shopping list, and will try them soon.

 

[Jules]

One of easiest ways to see if you like lentils is by buying a can of soup or going to a small cafe that is or tends towards being vegetarian. Amy’s, though pricey, has good lentil soups. In Canada, we have Sprague. I’m sure there are many others. I make my own.

 

[robin416]

Oh he already knows I don’t much care for lentils, but I’m not a picky eater. If he’s going to the trouble of making dinner, I’m certainly going to eat what’s put in front of me! I’ll be honest when I tell him how they compare to other lentils I’ve eaten

It's crazy, I can't even tell you now what it was I didn't like. Texture? I can be stubborn when it comes to not liking the texture of something. I know it wasn't the lack of flavor since over 90% of my cooking is Mediterranean which means loads of spices.

 

[StarSong]

I've enjoyed lentils since I was a child and still do. My grandmother routinely cooked lentil soup and used lentils in salads.

I keep these on hand for a quick, no-fuss meal over polenta or rice. Costco has an eight-pack available.

I first bought them at Costco many years ago and still love them.
A great meal in just a couple of minutes.

 

[Happy Heart]

I've enjoyed lentils since I was a child and still do. My grandmother routinely cooked lentil soup and used lentils in salads.

I keep these on hand for a quick, no-fuss meal over polenta or rice. Costco has an eight-pack available.

Have you looked at the salt content?

 

[Jules]

For anyone that wants ideas on how to use lentils, I added a thread in the Recipe forum.

 

[StarSong]

Have you looked at the salt content?

Yes. Like most processed foods, it's high in sodium. Sometimes I split a pouch, pouring half over a baked potato one day and the other half over a starch the next.

I don't eat them often, maybe six times a year, but do find them handy and enjoy them now and then.