Lentils Recipes

Puttanesca is one of my favorite Italian sauces. This version turns ordinary dried brown lentils into real comfort food.

A tasty non-meat way to get some extra protein in your diet.

These flavorful lentils are great over rice, naan, or potatos cooked in a strong broth

Quick, tasty slow cooker recipe ready for something with the seasoning to match a takeout craving, but with none of the effort or fat!

A rich and healthy soup

This is an easy, fantastic and flavorful way to enjoy the benefits of protein, complex carbohydrates, and potassium packed lentils and brown rice.

Low fat, good carbs, protien, affordable. Use vegetable broth for vegans, good meat substitute for tacos and burritos, or add more broth for a comforting satisfying soup.

A spicy, low-fat Middle Eastern dish, high in fiber!

This is one of my family's favorite dishes! This can be served over polenta or rice, and of course makes a great taco filling. You can also make it into more of a stew by combining it with diced tomatoes. You can adjust the spices to taste--the recipe is calculated using standard chili powder, but if you make your own (salt-free) blend and use no salt added tomatoes, you can make a low sodium version!

Yummy vegetarian dinner! Serve over rice or barley. I like barley best - it's crisp/chewy and has less calories than rice! YES the calorie count is correct - add this to your weekly menu and have a dinner where you can get really full without blowing it!

This is delicious and a great way to get in some fiber! You can eat it as-is or use it as a taco filling instead of beef.

Traditional vegan Spanish lentils

This is just a 'toss-together dish' I came up with, easy and nutritionally sound (I think).
PLEASE don't use dried herbs. Fresh herbs are a must for anyone learning to enjoy fresh healthy food.

If you are looking for a way to get lentils and vegetable into your diet, this is a great inexpensive recipe that can be done many different ways. This is a take on Indian Dahl.

Crockpot veggie curry!

yummy vegetatian dish from the Mediterranean!

Yummi, easy, filling. Add spices as you wish, I used curry, garlic and salt.

A bit of Habeniero gives some life to lentils

Typical Uruguaian Meal, special for cold winter days!

I love to cook with pumpkin in the fall or any time. "Orange Soup" is creamy without cream, almost fat-free, and with the lentils it provides a little protein too. Good hot or chilled.

Delicious lentil recipe that is so rich, you won't need another protein even though she suggests this as a side dish to salmon.

very healthy delicious

This is my husbands creation, with some of my alterations. Enjoy this very healthy meal! The picture is of the leftovers in this meal, in a tupperware container.

super fast vegetarian cooked lentils with rice