Broccoli Parmentier

If you know a bit about French cooking, you'll be looking for the potatoes in this "parmentier". Not to be found. Puréed broccoli is used in place of the mashed potatoes, over a layer of brown rice and lentils. Very earthy, tasty. DH added a big squirt of tabasco, but I was happy with just an extra twist of black pepper.

As a vegetarian main, this might serve 4, although two of us ate over half, so I think we'd have only 3 servings. (One of us, not me, took big seconds.:-) As a side it would serve, 6, maybe even up to 8 if part of a bigger meal.

Takes a bit of time to make, but much can be done ahead and in parallel. I expect you could assemble the whole thing and hold in the fridge for a day or so before the final baking.

You might save out a couple of broccoli florets to decorate the top since it looks a bit blah in the dish.