Slightly afraid of lentils

Islandmaid

I did a lovely meal of sauages and puy lentils recently - never again - it tasted great, but I thought my hubby was going to explode :eek:

MrsSave

I used tried lentils to bulk out a meal recently for the first time. Decided to stretch our meals to save a little money. Threw a handful in to a chilli. Was advised to start using a little and building up. Couldn't tell they were there! Dh and ds also ate them with no issues.

skeeter93

I started with tinned lentils after having trouble with dried. I threw them into the shepards pie, but not while cooking the meat, just while browning the potato. Crunchy pie! After using tinned for a while I got brave enough to buy dried again. I precooked them in the slow cooker like I do chickpeas, so I could freeze portions. I over cooked them and they are like mashed potato, but as people said they go well into sauces. I have some dried brown to precook and freeze now.