i almost forgot your recipe for the day...i had promised you a recipe with each posting, don't cha know?!

LISI'S A LUSH LENTILS (yes, i am an alliteration slut)>>>>>>>1 cup dry lentils (green/brown, not red)>>>>>>>2 cups red wine (better with 1C wine and 1C water)>>>>>>>1 onion, sliced fine>>>>>>>bring to boil and simmer for 12 minutes, until lentils have absorbed the liquid and are soft but not mushy>>>>>>>add salt/pepper to taste and serve over steamed rice with lots of sour cream/sauteed onion topping.>>>>>>>also good with shredded carrot tossed in with the lentils to cook>>>the alcohol cooks away....good use for that leftover wine from making tomato sauce or from a night during which one didn't finish the bottle of wine.....i toss it in the freezer so that i can make this another day when the pantry is bare and i am too lazy to go to the grocery......we always have lentils and carrots in the house and this is good vegetarian "comfort food".