23: Stewed lentils & tomatoes (Page 144, Barefoot Contessa)

I don't think I've ever eaten lentils before. Since Ruth can't eat gluten she has been eating these gluten-free snacks with lentils in them, and they smelt really good so I thought I would try lentils to see what they tasted like. The recipe says "French green lentils" but I just bought "lentils" and I'm not quite sure what the difference is. They did not smell like the ones in Ruth's snack.

Although I allowed it to simmer for the amount of time, but it still had way too much liquid in compared to the photo in the book. Also the photo looks less tomato-y then mine, so I think I may have added too many tomatoes. This would also explain with it was so sour and salty tasting. So this really did not suit my taste buds at all. So mostly I tried to swallow it down with a lot of bread. And lentils don't have a taste at all. I definitely prefer beans or chickpeas to lentils.

Cooking time: 1 hour (way too long to wait for something that I will unfortunately still be eating tomorrow)