HEEEY.

It's been a long, long time. I know you've missed me. A lot has changed. I mean, a freak'n lot. But I don't have time to detail all that, so I'll just get strait to the good stuff (and you'll catch up eventually). Food needs to be good. And these days, it needs to be simple and easy. Here's what we've eaten recently:

Purple cabbage and noodles* with Korean pancakes (I think this happened in an earlier post, in a galaxy far, far away)
Veg sloppy joes* with buns and salad (let's rename sloppy joes when they're vegetarian, eh?)
curried lentils with naan bread, spinach, and sweet potato
falafel with purple cabbage slaw* and homemade hummus*
Black bean sweet potato slow cooker chili*
Massive amounts of peanut butter (like, a lot)

phew.

Let's start with the curried lentils.
I have three recipes for curried lentils, and they all taste different. Lentils are good food, and holy cow they pack a lot of iron in them. If you're in the market for iron support, lentils are your new main ingredient.
This recipe for curried lentils is my newest, and in my opinion, the tastiest. Probably because it contains the most fat, and this lady knows fat is good for you. And it tastes really damn good.

Forgive the photo and trust me, this is good

Curried Lentils with Coconut Milk (originally from Food52)
3 TB EVOO
1 TB minced fresh ginger (a micro-plane is my new favorite way to make this happen)
2 cloves garlic, minced (micro-planed)
1 onion, minced
1/2 tsp coriander
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp turmeric
1 C lentils
1-13oz can unsweetened coconut milk
Salt (1-2 tsp)

Heat large saute pan over medium heat. Warm oil. Add ginger, garlic, onion and spices. Stir occasionally, until onion is soft and kitchen smells enticing.
Add dry lentils, coconut milk and salt. Fill coconut milk can with water, add to saucepan. Stir to combine. Bring to boil, then lower to simmer until liquid is absorbed (this may take a little while, go drink some water).

Serve over rice, or with Naan bread, with cooked spinach, fresh cilantro and a sweet potato. Eat it all day.

Here's the easiest recipe for Naan Bread, and it's pretty fool-proof.

I'd say more about this super delicious combo and how amazingly easy that recipe is, but I need to go serve up an order of breast milk.

*I'll get to these later