Certified Glyphosate Residue Free Small Brown Lentils | 15 LBS | Family Farmed in Washington State | 100% Desiccant Free | Non-GMO Project Verified | 100% Non-Irradiated | Kosher | Field Traced | (5 Pound, Pack of 3)

This is a great brand from which I've bought several other bulk food items. The lentils arrive very clean, uniform in color & shape, & are quite fresh. They look & smell like something edible. Spanish brown lentils have a nice "meaty" flavor & heavier mouthfeel, so cooked lentils can easily replace 50%+ of the ground hamburger required in any recipe if you're looking to cut the cost & the fat. I also love how the lentils can replace 25% of the beans in any chili or refried beans recipe if you want to add some different nutrition. Lastly, I like to add different colored lentils & green & yellow split peas to rice pilafs for added protein & nutrition. I have always been impressed with Palouse purchases & continue to repurchase pulses from this company. Very pleased with this buy.

Excellent product

This is a great product. The small brown lentil is considered a slow-burn carbohydrate I combine with boiled eggs and kimchi for morning breakfast most mornings. Cooking is really simple, take two cups of lentils (obviously you'll prepare a quantity right for you) put them in a colander and rinse with cold water. Dump into a 6 quart pan and add two cups of water for each cup of dried lentils. Bring to a boil then turn down the heat to between 4 and 5 (slightly less than half way, I have an electric stove so not that precise). You should see the water boiling slightly. Should take less then 20 minutes for the beans to absorb the water. I put on a 15 minute timer stirring the beans occasionally then set the timer to 5 minutes monitoring the level of water closely. Once you have to move the beans to see the water level sample the beans and assess done. Beans should not be soft and mushy just a little crunch when you bite into them. Experiment to find your preference. Seasoning, DO NOT put salt in before cooking it can cause the cooked lentil to be really crunchy. After cooking I put the lentils in a storage container, put in two tablespoons of good olive oil and grind a garlic salt mixture (teaspoon) then mix it up and let cool. These are my preferences, please experiment and have fun.

Just like the real delicious mini brown lentils we ate in my European childhood - stay put, barely need any seasoning if at all, GREAT FOR MTHFR gene anomaly folks or those needing extra folate (NOT MANMADE FOLIC ACID CRAP). JUST LEARNED THROUGH $$$ ALCAT intolerance test what my body already knew - orange mushy dal lentils are bad for me because and these are great/safe. I toss handfulls in soups, even cook them fresh in mini rice cooker on picnics with a car cigarette lighter power converter and take along when travel. Easy to cook, great comfort food and loaded with benefits. Palouse is unparalelled and affordable via Amazon delivery. Forget stale Whole Foods bins of dubious origins. These don't even need rinsing. Yes, added to food gift baskets many times with positive feedback. I don't work for the company or received anything for this review.

Absolutely satisfied with these brown lentils! They cook evenly and taste fantastic. Perfect for a variety of dishes. Highly recommend for anyone seeking a healthy, versatile staple for their pantry.

I have been making the lentils in my rice cooker, and have been mixing them with Alter Eco Fair Trade Rice, and then also Alter Eco Fair Trade Quinoa.So both my grains and my cooking apparatus came from Amazon. My refrigerator also was ordered from Amazon (the seasoning however that I put in is from Yah's Best that I bought over at the North Carolina Farmer's Market).Panasonic SR-G06FG 3.3 Cup (uncooked) Automatic Rice Cooker, SilverAlter Eco White Jasmine Rice, Scented Thai Grains, 11-Pound BagAlter Eco Fair Trade Pearl Quinoa, 25-PoundAlthough no gourmet by any means I enjoy the mixture. As a person who does not eat animal products lentils are a good source of protein for me.So -- there was a person who gave one star because the lentils are more expensive than what one finds at a supermarket.I haven't been buying from the local supermarket here in a while -- but I think that's probably true -- recalling that the cost was about $1.00 for a pound bag of grains at the SuperFresh that I used to go to in Baltimore (that's if you go with the store brand - the Goya was a little bit more expensive).On the other hand -- I think that is true about many if not most of the food products that one finds on Amazon.Unlike for electronics I don't think Amazon is really competing with the local supermarket on price (unless maybe you live in a really expensive area with high food prices -- but even then I kind of doubt it).Some people might buy on Amazon for the free shipping, to save a trip to the grocery store, or because they particularly like the brand.As a person who has gone without a car now for about six or seven years the free two-day shipping that one gets from Amazon Prime is a big sell point for me in terms of grains.And in particular for this purchase I wanted to buy some toothpaste on Amazon that was listed as an add-on item. So I needed to buy something to make the cost of the order sufficient so that I could get the free two-day shipping on the add-on item.For the Alter Eco products I like the Fair Trade aspect. It also says on the package "Carbon Neutral Product", and in addition they are certified organic by the USDA.However, I already had a 25 pound bag of quinoa, and an 11 pound bag of rice.I bought the quinoa in response to the Consumer Reports finding that rice has high levels of arsenic in it, and so I don't put that much rice into the mixture.I could have bought another 25 pound bag of quinoa, but I figured the lentils are good in terms of protein, and perhaps also that a mixture of grains tastes better and has other nutritional benefits than just a single grain or two grains.I'd like to make one comment on the video on the Palouse web site.It was a little bit hard to hear Grandfather Winston Mader initially, but then perhaps I adjusted to his voice, and so I was able to hear more clearly.He was speaking about the operation that they used to have in terms of harvesting and bagging the grains. He talked about various aspects of the process saying that today it is more efficient than it was previously.The label states that the lentils are not irradiated. I haven't looked into that, but it does seem more natural to not irradiate.

I assume the bags were sprayed, and I assume it was with a bug killer. Even three years after purchase, the scent lingers. Not sure if the farmer, Amazon or shipper sprayed them. I assume just the burlap was sprayed but I rinse the lentils really well and hope the spray didn’t get inside the twist tie vinyl liner.. I’m sure most warehouses use bug spray but this is the first time I have ever smelled it AND SO STRONG! Anyway, the lentils are delicious, and cook up firm. NO bugs, dirt, or stones. Very fresh even after 3 years.

This arrived today in great condition with no bugs.