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I cooked lentils for the first time... exciting! Right?  Since working full time and having a baby... cooking anything intensive is out of the question.  One thing that I have found really helpful is to make something in a larger quantity that we can eat 2 or even three nights.  Quinoa is easy for this- which I have talked about before.  I wanted to find another option apart from Quinoa (which I love) which is fairly easy to cook, reheats well and is good for you. We ate these lentils with a pork chop one night and with my weekly roast chicken another night.  They are tasty and hearty.  The husband enjoyed the lentils... but still prefers quinoa. Here is the recipe I used.  It is an Emeril recipe from the Food Network website. Ingredients 1/4 pound bacon, diced 1/4 cup small diced  celery  (I left this out as I don't like celery) 1/4 cup small diced  onion 1/4 cup small diced  carrot  (bought the baby carrots in a bag and just...

So, it is Friday... so it is another recipe!  I have been trying to eat healthy and would like to be healthier!  Earlier this week I cooked quinoa for the first time.   What is quinoa?  As per Wikipedia....Quinoa (say KEEN-wah) is the wonder grain: high in protein, gluten-free, easy to digest, and quick to cook. It is fairly easy to cook, but I think what makes it really good is what you add to it!  Here the recipe I went with, basically adapted from a Food Network recipe .    I ngredients 1 cup  quinoa , rinsed well  (must get a very fine mesh strainer to clean/rinse the quinoa) 1/4 cup pine nuts 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley (I did not have any, so did not include.) 1/4 cup golden raisins 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice Kosher salt  and freshly ground pepper 1 3/4 cups chicken stock 1/2 onion, chopped (this was my addition to recipe.  It added a lot of flavor.) Opt...