Curried Lentils and Rice

Oh long weekends, how little significance they have to the unemployed. All of my friends are so excited to have that extra day off to do nothing, making the Monday a friend rather than a dreaded day of the week. Some people like to relax and take care of chores and errands that have fallen by the wayside during the busy week, but me? It’s just another chance for me to job hunt and do the same stuff I do every day. Cook, eat, and marathon Star Trek.

The thing about being unemployed is that you really do take into consideration every morsel of food. I’ve been exploring cheaper foods and splurging on occasion for my blog posts, but I thought I might share a cheap meal with you.

Curried lentils and rice.

Carbs and protein, for so cheap! A bag of lentils was about $3 and the rice was about $6, so overall, this meal probably cost me about 50 cents, maybe $1 because of the spices and onions. This is probably why a super filling meal at one of the Ethiopian restaurants in Ottawa only costs $7. And this meal was surprisingly easy to make. Making lentils is almost like making quinoa (now that I mention quinoa, I realize that I never wrote a post about it. Wait that’s a lie. Yes I did), there’s just a water to lentil ratio and then you just gotta stir every now and then to check the doneness of the lentils.

Look a picture of lentils =)

I actually found it kind of dry though, so if you have some coconut milk to drizzle over top, I think it would go really well with the curried lentils =) Feel free to experiment.

Recipe based on one of my favourite blogger’s posts (Erin from Naturally Ella)