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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw th article OP, but my stomach cannot handle them. I cannot imagine any American kid  eating them. Are you an immigrant or kid of immigrants?[/quote]

What a bizarre statement. Immigrants are Americans. Italian-American and Greek-Americans have been eating lentils in the US for over 100 years at this point.

Some ways our 5 year old happily eats lentils:

Chili with lentils 
Lentil sloppy joes
Mujedderah
Veggie tacos with lentils
Veggie shepherds pie
Nachos 
Spaghetti squash bowls (halved and roasted - topped with chili lentils and cheese)
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That PP was a bigoted jerk to say that but my husband can’t eat lentils anymore (I’ll spare you the primary symptom), and 2/3 of my kids don’t eat lentils, so I am condemned to a mostly lentil-free existence.

For a non-vegetarian meal that 1/3 of my children liked, photocopied from a recent recipe book (that I can’t remember the name of): One Pan Sausage and Lentils. The short and simplified version is thin slice four stalks of celery, chop a shallot and drop them plus 4 c chicken broth, 2 c brown or green lentils and 1/2 t salt into a 9x13 glass pan. Then to fix the ungodly long cook time I’d cover that and let those soften up at 450, then add a pound of sausage on top, scored. You’re supposed to make a a quick pickled mustard and shallot thing but my husband accidentally threw away the pickling shallots and it was great without. (And I am really wishing I could just tell you what book this was from!)[/quote]

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