Lentils- good choice! make sure to check the recipe board, tina posted a soup recipe for you! If you are wary on one of the ingredients you can always modify to your liking.
I love that lentils are so easy to make, and they seem easier on the system than other things. They are the first legumes I tried! I buy the dried ones cause they are so cheap and fast to make anyways.
As for chickpeas and other beans (black and kidney) I buy canned cause I think it is too much of a hassle to soak them. I buy the cheapest. (helps offset my other expensive IBS specific foods).
I don't like buying canned stuff cause of the sodium, but I figure it is ok til I learn how to cook beans better. 
Also, if you need a quick on the go lentil soup, Progresso makes one, check to make sure it is the one that says '99% Fat Free'. THey have a nearly indentical one that has MSG in it, the 99% fat free doesn't, so check the ingredients too to make sure. Still has alot of sodium though!
Oh, and red lentils I think may be easier on the system, I didn't notice by eating them, but by cooking them they break down alot easier, I left them on too long once and it looked like I had mashed yams or something!
Good luck , and how is the fruit exploration going???
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-Sheri
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