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

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.

On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:32:01 +0100, 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.

I think I love you! Thanks for sharing!
Carol
--
Wash away the gray to respond.

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:32:01 +0100, 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.
>
>
> I think I love you! Thanks for sharing!
> Carol

Well, I'm very flattered!. But why? Do you love lentils?

"jake" > wrote in message
. nl...
>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

Definitely parsley. I think that I would have gone for diced fresh peppers,
but the ingredients are tucked away in my mind for future reference. And
excellent idea, thanks!
Janet

jake wrote:

> jake wrote:
> >
> > 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.

It's not a recipe, because you don't cite amounts.
I'ts just a list of ingredients.

And you left out the capers.

"jake" > wrote in message
. nl...
> 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

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

"jake" > wrote in message
. nl...
>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.
>
Sounds good. Where do you get mustard oil? Haven't seen that before.

Chris

"jake" > wrote in message
. nl...
> I tried something new and it worked:
> I am calling this a new recipe, but probably someone somewhere out there
> had already invented something similar before

Yanno, I was just reading a lentil/tomato salad recipe yesterday and I was
thinking to myself, "it sounds good but something is missing. Something....
something.... and after reading your adaptation I realized that SOMETHING is
bacon. hehehehe. MMMMMMMbacon.

Mark Thorson wrote:
> jake wrote:
>
>
>>jake wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>
>
> It's not a recipe, because you don't cite amounts.
> I'ts just a list of ingredients.

They are chefs measures
>
> And you left out the capers.
>

Capers would be good i it, yes,

Janet Bostwick wrote:

> "jake" > wrote in message
> . nl...
>
>>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
>
>
> Definitely parsley. I think that I would have gone for diced fresh peppers,
> but the ingredients are tucked away in my mind for future reference. And
> excellent idea, thanks!
> Janet
>
>
I happened to have a jar of roast red peppers (with some vinegar in it),
so I used that. I think I might fnd fresh too crunchy for this sald, but
I woudl like the flavor.

dejablues wrote:

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

Chris wrote:

> "jake" > wrote in message
> . nl...
>
>>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.
>>
>
> Sounds good. Where do you get mustard oil? Haven't seen that before.
>
I bought it in an Asian store that sells Indian spices.

rox formerly rmg wrote:

> "jake" > wrote in message
> . nl...
>
>>I tried something new and it worked:
>>I am calling this a new recipe, but probably someone somewhere out there
>>had already invented something similar before
>
>
> Yanno, I was just reading a lentil/tomato salad recipe yesterday and I was
> thinking to myself, "it sounds good but something is missing. Something....
> something.... and after reading your adaptation I realized that SOMETHING is
> bacon. hehehehe. MMMMMMMbacon.
>
>
And chives!