all right I'm literally making the fastest video this would help explain
instead of just writing a blog post these are the lentils that I posted on
Instagram so what I did was soak them in the pot that I'm going to use overnight
I measured out the exact amount of lentils that I need now some of you were
asking if I'm gonna change the water sometimes I don't
I'm busy it is better to change the water because you're soaking them and
you want to just get some nice fresh water in there to boil them after so I'm
not even gonna make a fuss out of this and literally just gonna use this as my
strainer and just kind of dump out the water I lose a little lentils but not
that big of a deal that's what I love about cooking lentils and quinoa is that
it's no crazy measurements it's nothing you have to stress over these are just
big bulk ingredients that can go with anything I'm really not that great at
measuring specific things and really exact recipes this is more my style of
cooking as long as its whole clean foods then that's what I like so here are the
lentils now this is a one cup and I'm going to do two cups of water for one
cup of lentils measuring cup
lets measure out...
one cup two cups and.. two cups so that's just perfect you can see it's just covering it a
little bit as my mom used to do in Persian culture they say put it to your
third knuckle that's how far the water should be that's a little too general
for me so one cup of lentils two cups of water now I'm just gonna put this on the stove
Alright now we're at the stove boiling it as soon as it gets to a boil I'm going to reduce the heat
to simmer and then cook about 30 or 40 minutes just until they get tender you
can just feel the texture of the lentils and that's it I can go about whatever
else I'm doing I can get a quick workout in I can keep working which is probably
what I'll do is keep writing this blog post and then just come back to it and
that's why I love cooking bulk ingredients like this it's so easy
you're getting whole real foods this will last me three or four days if I
want I want it cold or warm so that's it!
got about six minutes to go I'm just chilling here watching TV easy peasy!!
right so that's it it actually only took 20 minutes and I think next time I'll
cook them for 15 minutes and then check these are really really soft and if you
can tell from the video but just to let you guys know one of the reasons I love
the cooking lentils is because they're just such a great source of vegan
protein you know sometimes when you're vegan or plant-based it's hard to find
protein that's not you know soy free and non-gmo and not processed so lentils are
amazing for that they're also really great fiber source they have a lot of
iron another really great plus their because sometimes it's hard to make sure
you're getting enough iron when you're not eating meat you know just so really
good protein fiber iron really good beauty food has a good amount of vitamin
K vitamin C and you can eat these cold or hot I keep them in the fridge I
honestly mix it up I love putting them with cucumber and tomato and some like
just crumbled cauliflower it's lemon juice that's amazing sometimes I can
cook a little stew and pour that over it and eat them warm whatever you want to
do this is something I'd recommend you know so whatever you want to do this is
something I'd recommend cooking like once a week and just really
incorporating it into your diet for an amazing beauty food