Impatient Floret

Most lentils cook for about 10-15 minutes, but batch cooking helps save time down the road. So I make 2 or more cups-worth at a time, use a cup, freeze a cup for later. Same with brown rice, it is my bane, though at taking about 45 minutes to cook. Here are two meals I made this week with them. Both meals consisted of: 1-2 tbsp grapeseed oil a medium onion, diced another cup, or three, of your favorite veggies 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp pepper (more to taste) 1 tsp salt (more to taste) cup cooked brown rice cup cooked lentils 1-2 tbsp liquid amino, soy sauce flavor *one meal also had half a tube of soyrizo First meal 1. put oil in large pan, turn on high, add diced onion and thawed peas and carrots (carrots already diced) 2. flip so that everyone is coated in the oil 3. sprinkle seasonings on top, let it sit on medium for 5 minutes without turning, add 1/8th cup water if dry 4. mix up good, add lentils to one side  of pan, rice on the other, let sit another

I appreciate meat, but not the practices that many producers live. It is hard for me to be vegan because I dislike things that make for delicious-looking food snaps. Tomatoes, eggplant, cucumber, mango, cantaloupe, honeydew, seitan, arugula, tempeh, gr. bell peppers... Vegan pizza easy, since I'm not into red sauces anyways. Will edit lunches all week to update new veg recipes, dinner is lighter, a smoothie, will be at the bottom of post. Sunday Lentil, Rice, and Scraps 1/4 cup lentils simmered for 30 minutes in vented pot 1 /3 cup rice, cooked in broth* 2-3 cups scraps (onion, tomato, 1 oz raisins, 1 red bell pepper) 1/2 tsp cardamom 1/2 tsp allspice 1 tsp garlic 1/2-1 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes pinch saffron bloomed in 1/4 cup hot broth Then add all together, heat through. 2-6 servings depending on sides and appetite. Monday Goulash sautee: 2 bell peppers, diced 2 small onions, diced 2-