{"id":1296,"date":"2007-06-11T22:54:25","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.greenmedia.md\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2007-06-11T22:54:25","modified_gmt":"2007-06-11T20:54:25","slug":"weekend-grub-curried-lentils-quinoa-with-veggies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/weekend-grub-curried-lentils-quinoa-with-veggies-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Grub: Curried Lentils &amp; Quinoa With Veggies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenoptions.com\/files\/images\/180-lentils_0.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/>I live on the Palouse (a region of eastern Washington and northern Idaho), which is famous for its rolling hills and crops such as wheat and lentils. When I think of eating locally-grown foods, lentils instantly come to mind. In fact, lentils are taken quite seriously here. In nearby Pullman, Washington, there is even an annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lentilfest.com\/\" title=\"Lentil Festival\">Lentil Festival<\/a> celebrating the lovely legume. No, I&#039;m not kidding.<\/p>\n<p>The Palouse is known as the most important lentil growing region in the United States, producing about a third of all lentils grown nationally. So obviously, local lentils are easy to come by around here, and thankfully they don&#039;t have to travel far, which makes them a very sustainable option. There is a large <a href=\"http:\/\/www.farmbuilt.com\/index.asp\">lentil farm<\/a> just a few miles east of me, and many varieties of local and organic lentils abound in the Co-op&#039;s bulk bins. Lentils are a great vegan source of protein, fiber, and other nutrients, so they are one of my favorite kitchen staples.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~a\/green-options-blog?a=ITrxOD\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~a\/green-options-blog?i=ITrxOD\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~f\/green-options-blog?a=itd8qyPF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~f\/green-options-blog?i=itd8qyPF\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~f\/green-options-blog?a=g3thslLq\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~f\/green-options-blog?i=g3thslLq\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/green-options-blog\/~4\/123477650\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I live on the Palouse (a region of eastern Washington and northern Idaho), which is famous for its rolling hills and crops such as wheat and lentils. When I think of eating locally-grown foods, lentils instantly come to mind. In fact, lentils are taken quite seriously here. In nearby Pullman, Washington, there is even an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}