Recipe Time

My friends, you too could be a sweater knitting, yarn sniffing, bread baking, spelt soaking, butter churning, veggie growing (ok, the last two are in the future or threatened to be in the future by Jeremy) hippie like me.

First step-- try this yummy recipe!

Waldorfesque Lentils and Stuff

1 cup lentils or lentil mix (I used a yummy mix of brown lentils, parboiled (maybe-- the German literal translation is something like "partially polished" spelt, and wild rice)
2.5 cups of water (or whatever the appropriate water/grain ratio would be)
2 apples
4 ribs of celery
2 sm. red onions
1 slice of thick bacon (maybe 2 American slices...)
1 lemon
some olive oil
salt and pepper

Cook the lentils in the water (duh). Fry up the bacon and onions until soft and crispy. Whisk together the juice from the lemon, and good amount of olive oil (1/2 c?), and the salt/pepper in an appropriately large bowl that will hold all ingredients. Chop the apples and celery, and put them in the bowl. Put in the onions/bacon and the lentils when they are ready.

The earthiness of the lentils and bacon were sublime with the alternately sweet and bitter crunch of the apples and celery. This is not an April Fool-- Jeremy and I ate this tonight, and Jeremy liked it (almost as much as Rice Krispie Treats).