Candied Red Lentils and Lentil Meal

These candied lentils can be used in so many ways: you can add them to muffins, crisp toppings, cookies—whatever you might add nuts and seeds to. The red lentils really lend themselves to this preparation; when boiled with the sugar and butter they retain their shape to a much greater degree than usual, and their colour is appealing in most baked goods. The lentil meal is the more disguisable of the two, so if you need to be sneaky, we suggest you start there. The flavour of the lentil meal