I haven't tried putting the green thing in with the legumes, but it seems reasonable! (I steam leafy veg atop fish-in-a-pot, so I don't know why it'd never occurred to me to put it atop lentils.)

Dinner this evening was Reason-compatible lentils, basmati rice, and separately steamed broccoli nearby. My lentil/rice pile had preserved lemon--very much agreed about the acid thing. Reason finds preserved lemon to be too much, though she's accepted baek kimchi ("white," the kind with no red pepper) sometimes.