A Lesson in Lentils

I'm going to give you a lesson in lentils. It's not a big deal. Lentils are one of God's small gifts to humanity. Only problem is, most of humanity hasn't discovered it. Lentils are so good for you. And they're SO filling. It's like, you eat some lentils, and then, you're full. Forever.

Perhaps an exaggeration.

I decided I'd make lentils for dinner because they just sounded delicious, and I'm pretty much on this new kick where everything I make has to be able to be eaten with the Sriracha sauce. Because you know, I'm sort of obsessed. So lentils. But I didn't want just lentils. So I grabbed the onion, because it was there and it spoke to me. It said, "Grab me."

So I chopped it up. Shed a tear. I put some olive oil in a pan and heated it up SUPER hot. Because I like it hot. The hotter the better.

While the onion was sautee-ing, I boiled some water. That's what you have to do in order to cook lentils. I bet you don't even KNOW how to cook lentils. Unless you're one of my sisters and you're reading this (Hi!). They know how to cook lentils.

I measured the lentils. Recently I'm all about portions. This is a double serving, but since it was going to be the primary part of my meal (save the onions!), I decided to up the ante and make twice as much. Lentils expand, so even though that doesn't look like a lot, it's quite the meal.

If you want to eat a cherry while your lentils are boiling for 20 minutes and your onions are cooking, I'm not going to stop you. As you can see, I can hardly stop myself.

The end result was a bowl of lentils mixed with deliciously sauteed onions. Of course, I drowned it in Sriracha. This is completely optional. If you feel like crying, then do it. If you don't feel like crying, I'd just walk away. But I'm just saying, the meal might be a little not as full of taste if you don't. You gotta add something to give it a kick or you probably won't enjoy it.

Don't forget your water.