How to make "weird" taste good - LOL - I am an expert on this!!!!!! Cook up some dry beans - kidney, black, garbonzo, - add some more beans (hey I am an ex beiner chick) - fresh ones this time - yellow, green, - chop up a little onion and garlic - mix a little oil and vinegar - throw it all together and call it bean salad. Lentils - throw some in a soup - some broth in a pot - add the lentils and cook till they meld to mush - add some more veggies and some chicken if you like - there ya go a soup. If you have potatoes - eat the skins, you can even make mashed potatoes with the skins on - just tell everyone it's nouvelle cuisine.


Edit - you said you had no idea how to make a lentil taste good - in a soup you will not be able to pick out the lentil flavour from the other ingredients, they give a heartiness and a very subtle flavor - they are also a good protein source as well as fibre, and they are inexpensive.