Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Yeah, So Now What

In a moment of weakness I bought chickpeas and lentils. I'm looking at them now, and trying to resolve in my mind their super-natural healthy-making properties with the fact that they just really don't look like food.

Any ideas? Anyone? And don't say deep-fry them and serve them on ice cream - tried that, and it didn't work out nearly as well as you would expect.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

How about lentil soup? Or you could cook them and then serve them cold in a salad.

Darryl said...

Salad? Where's wikipedia when you need it...

Unknown said...

Well, I'm a little late here but, in case you still have those lentils, I say boil them a little then cook them in a curry sauce and serve over a melange of basmati and wild rice. Goodness, too bad we didn't talk sooner!

Darryl said...

Hey, nice to see you here! It has been a while since I've given the little chick curry - we may be due...

Anonymous said...

Hummus is always a safe plan--I believe it's a relatively easy chickpea concoction and all you need to pair it with is pitas.

Darryl said...

Hummus would normally be a very good choice. I had a... let's say, not very pleasant experience with some hummus one night when I had just arrived in Dubai. I don't know if it was something on the plane or something in the hummus, but when I taste hummus now, my body seems more or less convinced that I should not be putting it into my mouth. It's a bit of a shame, actually...