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jake
 
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Default Dinner was a new invention

dejablues wrote:

> "jake" > wrote in message
> . nl...
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>>I tried something new and it worked:
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>>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.
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>>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

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> My MIL makes something similar. For New Years Day, she uses black-eyed peas
> instead of lentils - for good luck.
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That sounds good, too.