jake wrote:

> I tried something new and it worked:
>
> Lentil Salad
> cooked brown lentils
> roasted red bell peppers, diced
> diced onions, gently fried in mustard oil
> fried smoked bacon (cut into small pieces)
> balsamic vinegar
> salt, pepper
>
> Sorry, I winged it, so I have no measurements for you.
>
> Served at room temperature.
> It had been a while I'd invented something new. i liked the way this
> tasted. Spring onions would have worked, too. And parsley. Something
> green would have made it look better. But I didn't have any
>
> I am calling this a new recipe, but probably someone somewhere out there
> had already invented something similar before

Okay, finally my brain produces the word I meant to use instead of
invention... experiment.