biscuits and gravy

Mmmm... the weather has been cooling off here, so it's time for warm hearty food. This recipe is from the October 2008 issue. It reads like a regular veggie gravy would go.... lentils, veggies, spices, milk, but then, at the end, you stir in 1/2 cup of ranch dressing. The recipe is from a reader's recipe contest where you have to use certain advertisers' products, which the ranch happens to be. I'm sure you could leave it out, but whatever. I didn't taste it before and after, so I can't say for sure. I would say the gravy was good. 7 out of 10. Tastes like thick soup. It might be good (and simpler to make) with something other than lentils, preferably something which you can cook in the same pan as the gravy. Tempeh? I am really loving Morningstar farms sausage lately..... that would be good. But on to the biscuits..... OK, so a biscuit recipe was not provided with the recipe... so I headed over to a friend's baking blog and got his biscuit recipe.... holy crap, that is one great biscuit recipe! Sadly, the biscuits were far too good for this gravy. So I ate most of them with the peach jam I just made. Wow! Do you see those layers?? Here is the recipe. I made the heavy cream version. Thanks mmmbiscuits! Let's not worry our pretty little heads with the fact that I have stopped posting weight watchers points.....

I suppose I might as well post the recipe for the gravy, too. I'm sure it could be improved upon!