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[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Lentils are so good.

And my new freezer cube meal prep is paying off. I had some extra tomatoey marsala gravy from a previous curry and so I froze it and some leftover coconut cream from previous meal.

WFH day today so lunch was cube of marsala gravy, small portion of the coconut cream, portion of onion-celery-carrot mix, portion of frozen spinach. All dumped in the instant pot with lentils, a stock cube and water. Served over defrosted rice portions.

So so yum and so easy. Thanks past me!

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Everything sounds grand except the rice. I've always found frozen rice to have a weird unpleasant texture. Have you a trick?

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Not really. Brown rice slightly undercooked, then drown it in yummy lentils so I don't notice the texture ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 16 hours ago

Ah, brown might be the thing