Lentil Recipes

A hearty, homecooked meal that everyone will love! Serve with steamed broccoli and sweet corn for a complete vegetarian meal.

This recipe is part of "The SparkPeople Cookbook." Order your copy today! This salad is even better the longer it sits in the fridge, so we love to make a big batch of it and eat it throughout the week.

This soup, based on a Turkish recipe given to me by a friend, is incredibly filling. (It is called Bride Ezo Soup.)

This hearty soup will warm you from the inside out.

Cooked lentils are high in calcium, potassium, zinc, and iron.

A tasty burger patty that's high in fiber and folate and easy to prepare. Serve on a whole wheat bun with your favorite toppings.

Delicious and nutritional non-meat alternative. I even eat a leftover serving for breakfast!

This healthy sauce is easy to make, tastes great, and is full of protein and fiber (10 g each!)

Low calorie, filling, and vegan

Refreshing and Satisfying

Spicy but nicey!

Fast, easy, great soup recipe that uses no meat. Great with garlic bread for dipping. Directions included for pressure cooker, crock pot, or regular soup pot!

A neat twist on a traditional lentil salad, this one uses sprouted lentils instead of cooked ones for added nutrition and outstanding taste!

This is a very nutritional soup, delicious on a cold winter day. Low fat, low cal, low carb, and rich in potassium and fiber. Serve with a whole wheat dinner roll or 9-grain bread.

I call this soup pseudo-sophisticated because of how gourmet it tastes, even though it is one of the easiest things to make! I got this recipe off of www.vegweb.com and I absolutely love it. I have made some modifications but its basically the same. This soup has AMAZING fiber and protein values.

This refreshing salad is great alone or on top of greens...add a little goat cheese for a real treat! Preparation takes less than 10 minutes!

I just made this up with the ingredients I had on hand. I think it turned out pretty tasty.
I didn't realize how healthy it was before I entered it in the recipe calculator- 19% of your daily iron, 8g fiber, and 10g protein, all with only 211 calories. Not too shabby.

After serving that Sunday or Easter ham, save the bones to make this hearty and delicious soup. This soup is definitely comfort food, at less than 100 calories per serving.

Amazingly simple and packed with flavor! This is also versitile. It can be used as a dip, a burrito filler, etc.

Awesome meat-free, protein and fiber packed filling for tacos or burritos. Can also be eaten alone with a little fat free sour cream and cheese on top. Adapted from ANEWONE's lentils and rice recipe.

There is nothing more satisfying than a warm hearty and delicious soup when it's cold outside. This soup is versatile (add whatever veggies you have lying around), easy and nutritious. Adding both barley and lentils makes this more nutritionally complete for the veggies out there, but feel free to just use one or the other if you'd prefer. And the servings are large! If you're having this on the side, you'll get a lot more servings than mentioned! (also it freezes really well too! so make a batch and freeze in single-serve tupperware for easy lunches/dinners!)

This is a dish you can use many ways!!! Eat it like a burrito, in place of taco meat on your tacos, as a dip for tortilla chips, or our favorite way is to put just a little in a soft flour taco with a little salsa and low fat sour cream. yummm... however you eat it, it is wonderful! Make it healthier with a whole wheat tortilla!!

Recipe by: Jolinda Hackett, About.com Vegetarian Food

Just because I'm a vegetarian doesn't mean I can't still be a meat & potatoes kinda of girl!

I had a ham bone in the freezer that needed to be utilized, so I came up with this soup from the ingredients I had on hand.

My version without meat.

This is a much healthier alternative to regular meatballs. They're also pretty delicious. They taste great with spaghetti and sauce. I prefer to serve them with Trader Joe's Organic Whole Wheat Spaghetti and Trader Joe's Garlic Marinara Sauce. Sometimes the mix can become a little squishy and so we just use it as "meat sauce" instead of rolling into balls. If you wait long enough for moisture to evaporate, making balls should not be an issue. As meatballs they are even better the next day. Me and my boyfriend (who is vegan) adapted this recipe from the recipe here: http://www.grouprecipes.com/96989/red-lent
il-patties-vegetarian-meatballs.html

Enjoy this simple yet tasty Pumpkin & Lentil Curry from 4 Ingredients.