First. Michael Smith is a dirty liar.
Second. MAN he has a recipe for a tasty burrito.
Third. If you’re making things with lentils, do your level best to space them out. For my family it’s a pretty new ingredient and I may be going a tad bit overkill (last week I made 3 meals in a row featuring them). It can be a bit much. Honestly, that’s part of why I started this blog was to challenge myself to bring a little variety into the food I was making. So there! Lesson learned!
Oh! Here’s the recipe I went with…
Now why is Michael Smith a dirty liar? I’m guessing he has a much nicer stove then me. Or hotter at the very least. The timings listed in the recipe were WAAAAAY off. How far? Well, he mentions about 45 minutes for the lentils to simmer off the water and cook through. After about 90, I just grabbed a strainer, because we were hungry and there was still plenty of liquid in the mix.
Aside from that, everything went alright. I added a bit too much heat for some of the family, but some more cheese and going off-book and adding a bit of sour cream helped sort that out. There are definitely some tasty flavour combinations at work in this one.
Budget wise?
Bacon – $4 (was on sale)
Lentils – negligible. Probably … $0.50?
Cheese – $3
Carrot/Onion/Cilantro – $1.50
Some corn and some salsa round things out. Oh! And the wraps. I paid about $4 for 32 of them at Costco. They’re split into packs of 8 so they last quite a while. I was worried they’d all be in one pack and we’d need to burn through them all post-haste as soon as we opened them. Not so. Whew!
Enjoy!
-g
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