Pineapple Lentils

[baypuppy]

this looks pretty yummy... not crazy at all! i'll have to find me some pineapple and try this

[saynever]

After seeing this gorgeous photo, and realizing that I had all the ingredients on hand, I decided I had to make this.  Right Now.  I added some peeled and grated fresh ginger in with the garlic.  Yum!  This one's going in my recipe box.  Thanks!

[sproutmuncher]

I agree, this is not crazy! Beans & fruit go together well (ie pineapple & kidney beans or baked brown beans)... I guess because they are "the musical fruit...!!!

[sbincali]

  All I can say is YUM!!! I loved it (dh only got a tiny taste lol)

[littleladykatt]

This is really, really good! The only things I added were the fresh ginger, as suggested, and a diced green pepper. Even my 7yr old asked me to make it again. 

[formercarnivor]

lentils and pineapple, coconut and black beans, chocolate and chili peppers...all very very good together.  maybe its just me but i grew up eating tradtional dutch and german foods so lots of sweet and savory flavors together.  im going to try this one.  sounds like a winner to me!

[Narcissus]

I made these - only used one tablespoon of oil and that was more than enough.  I loooove tropical fruit in savory recipes. The balance of flavours in this was really nice, though in future I might add a little ginger, as Saynever did, to bring out the pineapple.

Great recipe!

[lennial]

 I halved the lentils and cooked them ahead to add to the onion mix (1/2 onion, garlic) near the end of cooking. 

I used about 1T olive oil, added a bit more garlic and used about 1/4 tsp grated frozen gingerroot, which I can barely taste-I should have used more but was afraid of it being too gingery.  I just added some crushed red pepper to make up for the lack of gingery spice.  I also only had pineapple juice, so I used a 6oz can after draining the mostly cooked lentils, and the pineapple flavor is faint but noticeable.

This was a great idea!  I was looking for something fun to do to use up my last 1 C of lentils, and that pineapple juice has been banging around forever with no purpose

Next time, I'd use the juice and some crushed pineapple, about 1/2 tsp ginger or powdered ginger, and maybe even use black beans instead of lentils-maybe with some cumin?  Overall it's a great idea!!!

[Nephitess]

Yummm! I added some grated carrots and chopped mushrooms to this. Very yummy. Thanks for the recipe.