what can I make to use up red split lentils and black eye beans?

Question

Sorting out my cupboards and want to use up things that have been there a while. I also have lots of tins of tomatoes!!! Any ideas both vegie and non vegi would be welcome.

Answer 1

INGREDIENTS
1 pound dry black beans
1 1/2 quarts water
1 carrot, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 large red onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, crushed
2 green bell peppers, chopped
2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1/4 cup dry lentils
1 (28 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup uncooked white rice
DIRECTIONS
In a large pot over medium-high heat, place the beans in three times their volume of water. Bring to a boil, and let boil 10 minutes. Cover, remove from heat and let stand 1 hour. Drain, and rinse.
In a slow cooker, combine soaked beans and 1 1/2 quarts fresh water. Cover, and cook for 3 hours on High.
Stir in carrot, celery, onion, garlic, bell peppers, jalapeno pepper, lentils, and tomatoes. Season with chili powder, cumin, oregano, black pepper, red wine vinegar, and salt. Cook on Low for 2 to 3 hours. Stir the rice into the slow cooker in the last 20 minutes of cooking.
Puree about half of the soup with a blender or food processor, then pour back into the pot before serving.

Answer 2

Lentils are great in curry.For a veggie dish why not make a dhall.
Just add the cooked lentils to some pureed onions sauted with curry paste,ginger garlic ,tom puree and chopped corriander and simmer till the consistency you like

Or for a non veggie why not make a Dhansak.Basically the same recipe but a bit hotter with meat and a small tin of pinapple chunks at the end.You could add a tin of drained toms to the sauce during the cooking.

Answer 3

rinse sort and cook the lentils either with or without the beans. Drain the beans, add meat and/or onions and carrots, onion soup mix or boullion, and pepper, a little water and simmer until you think it's done and you're ready to eat.

I made a pot of lentil and split pea soup a couple weeks ago that was great. Onion soup mix and ground sausage were my flavorings. That would work with the beans as well. People usually use ham or a similar boiling meat for flavor, but you can be creative. You can also just add onions, carrots, bouillion, pepper and other fav seasonings and skip the meat.

Answer 4

Lentil Soup

You will need
some carrots, onions, vegetable or chicken stock a cube is fine and red split lentils.
Peel and chop carrots and onions make stock put in a pan add pepper salt is not needed as you get enough from the stock cube, and lentils bring to the boil and simmer until carrots are cooked and lentils are softened . Eat it chunky or liquidise

Answer 5

Easiest thing to do.Less cooking.
Soak them overnight or from morn to evening.
Just boil them soft. Some do it all day in a slow cooker too.
Or a pressure cooker.
Just chop up onions, grated ginger, Green Jalapenos, optional, parsley , salt .
Mix it all.
Lastly,, squeeze a lemon on it before eating.

Alternatively, just boil it all. U can then use some garlic too.
Use of butter/ olive oil is optional. Just a teaspoon in a large bowl.
Very healthy.

Answer 6

Black eye beans make a nice salad. Soak them in water to become tender and to avoid after eating bloating. Boil them till tender. Strain them. Add salt, pepper, lemon and oil. To make it tastier, add small pieces of tomatoes and green pepper.
Lentils make great soup. I make it with pieces of carrots, zucchini, potatoes and tomatoes. You can use chicken broth if you like. When it is done you can put all in the mixer or eat it with the pieces intact.
Tomato tins can be emptied in plastic containers or freezer bags and put in the freezer for future use if expiry date is approaching.

Answer 7

You can make red/black beans and rice. It is a Mexican dish. Just take bacon grease, beans, onions, garlic, and start them in a pan. Add salt, pepper, sofrito (Mexican seasoning) water and cook until it absorbs 1/2 the liquid. Make white rice and serve over. Is delicious.

Answer 8

Red split lentils , boil / stew in with bacon ribs , bacon bits , bacon shanks .........it makes an absolutely gorgeous soup !

Be prepared to taste as you go.....and perhaps simmer for an hour or more.....until you get the taste , texture etc that you / your friends will love !

Answer 9

Tomato and lentil soup is nice - actually putting lentils in any soup will work well as it helps to thicken it up.
As for the black beans, they're nice in chilli, delia has a lovely recipe for black bean chilli: http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/black-bean-chilli-with-avocado-salsa,1208,RC.html (if that doesn't work go to http://www.deliaonline.com/ and type black bean chilli into the search box)

If you go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/ and type in lentil, quite a few recipes will come up which might inspire you.

Answer 10

Nice start - you could make a yummy spicey soup - bit o french bread to dunk in - hopefully fresh tho lol