I stumbled upon canned lentils at Wal-Mart and I was so happy! i love them but don't want to cook if i can avoid it.

throwing in about 3 TBSP leftover cooked orzo from kid's lunch, also red onion, bell pepper, cukes, garlic lemon juice, and fresh tomato. YUM!

I like my lentils cooked in beef broth, garlic, and onion. They take on a great beefy flavor. But I always cook mine. I want them to soak in the flavors. It take about 45 minutes of boiling to cook the green lentils and about 20 minutes to cook red lentils.

I made some awesome curried lentils the other day. It was so good. I had onions(love onions), fresh garlic, unsweetened coconut milk, water, cumin,and fresh oregano. Of courseI could only eat maybe two tablespoons, but still good.