Hoppin' Jon

Really this dish bears no resemblance to actual Hoppin' John, which is a black-eyed pea based southern thing.  Jon saw a modified version on a television show, and asked if I could try to recreate it.  This is what I came up with.  It is one of his favourite meals.  He gets very excited when it appears on the menu plan.  I really shouls make it more often.  I still use the name (with a spelling variation) since it is so popular with Jon.

Ingredients

1 cup lentils

1 onion, chopped

1 celery stalk, chopped

2 pepper, chopped

1 tsp coriander

2 garlic

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 bay leaf

Dash hot sauce

2 cups stock

½ bag spinach

1 onion

1 tsp lime juice

Saute vegetables.  Add spices.  Cook a couple of minutes.  Add lentils and stock.  Cook for 30 min.  Add spinach, cook until tender.  Saute onion until brown.  Before serving add sauteed onion and lime juice.  Serve over grains (barley is Jon's favourite).

Loosely adapted from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives