Forgive me chaps...

[Timberwolf]

... for I have been fraternising with the enemy!

Just finished a lovely sausage and lentil casserole (green lentils at that) with crusty bread and a dark Leffe - delicious and a one-pot meal too. (You can tell I'm doing my own washing-up tonight...)

Just keep an eye out in case I do anything silly like trade my car for a Prius or wander off to live in an eco-commune and steer me back onto the righteous path of petrol, okay?

Anybody else suffering some leguminous (but tasty) guilt?

[biglepton]

You're OK as long as it was a sausage and lentil dish. If it had been lentil and sausage you would now be a gayer.

[uberscruff]

Lentils are great. I eat all sorts, but the green ones are especially good, particulary with good pure pork sausages.

And yes, I hate yoghurt weaving eco-communists as well.

[bint]

You can't turn down a good Lentil Dhaal mmmmmmmm

[Tina K]

I feel your pain, brother.

However, pulses do make a tasty salad, and one you can take to work without having to worry unduly about refrigeration. My favourites include:

- Roasted peppers, courgettes, aubergines, garlic and red onion, combined with good olive oil, chick peas, flat-leaved parsley, preserved lemons and frazzled chorizo

- Canellini beans mixed with chopped spring onions, roasted garlic, cherry tomatoes, flat-leaved parsley, good olive oil, a splash of balsamic vinegar and frazzled pancetta

- Puy lentils, combined with roasted red onion, sweet potato, carrot, beetroot, etc; dressed with good olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, flat-leaved parsley and a finely chopped chilli.

PS. All of the above work as accompaniments to any kind of meat.

[Tina K]

Then again, cassoulet - or by any other name, baked beans with duck legs / bacon / sausages - has to be one of the finest dishes ever invented.

[Noger]

[Noger]

Really wanted a picture of a tin of "London Grill" but not even Google was that clever !