Lentils are the perfect pantry staple: inexpensive, elegant, and packed with nutrients. Testing expert Jack Bishop shows you which are best.
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Are lentils and split peas the same thing?
Lentils
This was the whitest lentil presentation I've ever seen.
-J"ust put them in salads….and oh, brown people do some stuff with them too" Was my takeaway.
lentils destroy the testicles
DESTROY THE TESTICLES!
I don't know. The bar has been set. Do you have a jingle? Check out the Kale episode. 🙂
Thanks for the Lentil intel.
Best lentils I ever made: I didn't have any mint, but I had some mint tea. So I threw a tea bag in with the cooking lentils. So good!
جميل جدا
السلام عليكم ورحمه الله وبركاته ربنا يكرمك يارب باحسن حال انا ضيفه جديده عندك ربنا يوفقك يارب
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This is the advice I needed to start cooking with lentils! Thanks
I wish this video included some nutritional information, such as fiber content, protein content, etc. Otherwise a nice short video to enjoy. Actually I am amazed that a channel dedicated to cooking technologies and techniques can publish so many videos that are completely devoid of any nutritional information, as if nutrition is not important. I hope this feedback is well received.
There are atleast 200 different varieties of lentils
I can never find the French lentils. Any suggestions?
I've noticed recently that it's getting harder to find those French green lentils. They used to have them even at Walmart and other supermarkets around me, but recently they've basically all but disappeared. Now the only ones I can find cost like 4x as much at Whole Foods or resellers on Amazon.
Lentils, brown rice, diced carrot, and soy sauce. Maybe some spinach or diced tomato. Hello sustainable low budget/college meal prep.
Thank you.
Oh thank you
Thank you for the tips on the different colors of lentils. I didn’t know there were so many different kinds.
Lentils. Where cheap, tasty, filling & healthy intersect.
The thing about red lentils is that they lose their salmon colour as soon as they hit boiling water. That's why turmeric is usually added to them to return some of the colour.
they also give you diarrhea in large quantities…. trust me I know lol
Lentils, pennies from heaven
السلام عليكم ورحمه الله وبركاته ماشالله عليك ربنا يوفقك يارب
Why is his thumb twitching? Doe he have a neurological affliction?
My fav lentil dish is lentils and rice cooked in chicken stick garnished with salsa picante and caramelized onions.
How about red wine vinegar next?
Noooo, don't tell clue the people in about lentils!!
I like lentils but am not a fan of the skin that separates off of brown or green lentils when I cook them. Yes, I have quite hard water which I’ve learned affects bean skins. Would soaking the lentils in the described salt water address that problem?
I love lentils but never make them at home. Why? This is dumb. I bet ATK's recipes for them are great. 🙂
I absolutely LOVE lentils and there are so many delicious types to choose from and so many great ways to prepare and cook them.
French lentils stay intact much better. My favourite.
I really appreciate this tutorial. I'm clumsy with lentils. This will help.:)
Well, I fixed myself a big pot of Rancho Gordo lentils just the other night. They were good.
Lentil pro-tip, pressure cooker. Then you can make even more with lentils, and cross over to the side of dal. Since getting a pressure cooker a year and a half ago, my consumption of lentils went from occasional to all the time. You can even make the best hummus in the world if you use dried chickpeas, soak them overnight, and then pressure cook them for 40 minutes with a natural release, freeze some of the cooking liquid into ice cubes and blend those into the hummus, it makes an absolutely insanely velvety smooth hummus that holds its shape, perhaps blender dependent, I have a Vitamix and it works great, others maybe not so much.
The best soup I ever had was called Continental Lentil at Soup Plantation/Sweet Tomatoes Buffet which unfortunately closed all their doors about 2 years ago.
Linsen (Lentils) und Spätzle is the national dish in Swabia in the Southwest of Germany. We love to eat it with a healthy splash of vinegar, some sausages and pork belly. For me it's the best food in the world.
I’ve been vegan for five years and I got these bad boys to thank. Lentil bolognese, sloppy joes, soups, protein wraps, etc so much you can make!
We love lentils!!!!
I have to have red lentil, grated ginger with brown rice soup, easy, high fiber and wonderful served with yogurt and mixed fruit chutney, YUM!
Inexpensive @ $ 10 /Lb, LMAO.
Great info! I get major gas from eating Lentils. Is there something in the lentils that is causing that?
Who does the repair/maintenance on your kitchen aid mixers. Or do you guys just Chuck them in the dumpster.
I took the green lentils and some green soybeans, mixed them together, made what I have dubbed … Soy-Lent Green oddly it tastes like … people.
More lentil recipes, please.
Honestly I’m still confused about lentils and they really did guild me…
This video and the information contained within are Angel-approved 😇
Lentils have some of the most-nutritious vitamins, minerals and calories vs the majority of all other vegs, legumes, tubers – running alongside beans and sweet potatoes.
Thank you the Lentil class
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that outro was so off the cuff lmao