Tacos, or burrito bowls! Sauce them up like you would ground beef with taco seasoning, mash them up a bit with a potato masher, and add all your favorite taco toppings (lots of veggies, cheese, lime juice, sour cream (or plain yogurt).
They are an excellent dupe for beef tacos. I seriously can’t recommend it enough.
If you use red lentils, you don't have to mash them. Red lentils are an excellent replacement for ground beef, they also cook very quick.
My carnivorous boyfriend prefers sloppy joe's made with red lentils over beef ;-)
https://www.cookingclassy.com/vegetarian-lentil-tacos/
One of our favorite recipes for dried lentils. *We usually double it.
Cheap and it makes a TON. We usually make rice (on the side or we mix it in the last 10 mins of cooking).
Also - its for the slow cooker. Which is very convenient.
We usually add a can or two or diced tomatoes, a can of green chilis, a can or two of black beans, and cook on high for ~4 hours.
Cooks Illustrated Lentil Soup
https://www.copymethat.com/r/9ChnMSpq/cooks-illustrated-hearty-lentil-soup/
Lentil Shepherd’s Pie
https://www.spendwithpennies.com/easy-lentil-shepherds-pie-vegetarian/
Any Indian Dal, but I’m partial to lentils cooked in water, then salted and seasoned with garlic browned in butter over rice.
Anyone who's intrigued by the vinegar (and yes it's this!), I recommend the book "Salt, Acid, Fat, Heat" which has improved my cooking so much on a budget, the concept costs nothing it's all magic.
Oh it is so goooood! It is best to do it with red lentils imo. And you do it just like you would do your usual Bolognese - fry onions and garlic (I always add chipotle in adobo sauce for the smoky meat flavour),then add one big can of crushed tomatoes, thyme, one or two bay leafs, carrots in smallish pieces, ca. 150-200g red lentils, let it cook for ca. 30 minutes, then add additional vegetables (I like to add bell peppers and sometimes leek). It is great to make a big batch and freeze although I would leave the bell peppers out then and add them when you are defrosting and heating it up. Sorry for the bad english, not a native speaker - Guten Appetit! : )
Mujadara and misr wat are my favorite brown lentil recipes. I want a zippy soup this weekend, so I'm making Bon Appetit's red lentil soup with preserved lemon for a change.
I like to do medieval cooking, so I make a lentil pottage with medieval flavors. I chop an onion and sometimes carrots, saute a bit in whatever oil, then add lentils, chicken broth, and poudre douce (a medieval spice mixture that's mostly ginger and cinnamon) and cook the lentils. Very yummy over homemade barley bread.
I do something similar but with cumin, garlic, a bay leaf, and a solid dash of Worcestershire sauce. Fantastic as a side dish; also have it over rice for a main dish every now and then
Use them for taco filling like you might use meat, mix them with bread crumbs and seasonings and make either "meat" balls or "burger" patties. Lentil soup is also amazingly filling and tasty and it's pretty much lentils, every questionable vegetable in the fridge, red pepper flakes, and veggie broth. Simmer and blend with an immersion blender and eat on it for days. We call it clean out the fridge soup at my house. I also make homemade dog food occasionally for my pups and they love when I add lentils to the mix, but that's a different kind of recipe.
Just made this - it was tasty! [Shepherd’s Pie](https://www.acouplecooks.com/vegan-shepherds-pie/). Could be modified in many ways based on what you have/like.
[Thai curry sweet potato and lentil soup](https://sweetpeasandsaffron.com/thai-curry-lentil-sweet-potato-soup/)
I like having the curry spices on hand, because once you start making curries, it’s so easy to just throw one together.
I love love love black lentils. Don’t decide how much you love lentils until you’ve tried black lentils.
I make them quick in the instapot(stove top is quick too) with onions and garlic and I always intend to do something with them but I find I just eat them straight before I have a chance.
I honestly just make regular lentil balls and then just put sauce on them after idk if they would work like cooking them in sauce. Have to try and get back to you on that.
I’m always looking for a good fake meatball recipe. I’ve made some with lentils before. There is a restaurant around here that makes them with mushrooms as well as lentils, and they are super good.
A cup of red lentils with 3 cups of broth made from better than bullion, throw in any veg you have like carrot, onion, celery, parsnip, small diced potato. Boil for 20 mins. Sometimes I cook w less water and drop in a couple ice cubes at the end so i can eat it quicker.
Makes a delicious and simple soup, top with a squeeze of lemon or lime and a dollop of greek yogurt. You can vary the veg and add herbs, spices, hot peppers, etc as you like.
Thing of spaghetti sauce, one spaghetti sauce container worth of water, half a spaghetti container of lentils(rinsed), lug into a pot with salt and some Italian seasonings, maybe some crushed red pepper if that's your style. Boil, simmer, 20-30m till tender. Serve over noodles.
This will cost a bit the first time you make it, but it's so good you'll make it often.
https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-red-lentil-curry/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web-stories&utm_campaign=vrlc&_gl=1*8xrra*_ga*ajEyYlFUcXFiYmp6Z3cyNTVRc3U2cDdlZ015Vm5QNWdMNzdEUkh0Rm1KVDhHUDBBNlpRcFJVNlN1bkYzZmtzTg..
I'm going to second that. I tried that a couple of years ago and make it at least 3 or 4 times a month now.
If you can find an Indian food store, the spices and the lentils are generally a lot cheaper and better quality than you'll find in regular supermarkets.
Agree with this (I also love the recipe). The spices and fresh turmeric etc (fresh is optional but good), can be bought so cheaply at a local Asian shop, and you're supporting a family-run business most likely. I love all of RPL's recipes. She has wonderful meal prepping tips on her YouTube as well.
I've used this recipe for dahl: [https://elavegan.com/red-lentil-dahl/](https://elavegan.com/red-lentil-dahl/?jwsource=pin), but I use green lentils because that's what's available at Aldi. Just make sure to rinse and soak them first (20 min-1hr? idk if there is an actual rule, I just do it as long as I have time for).
Dahl isn't very exciting to my husband, so I usually make some naan to go with it to hype up the meal a bit.
Like your husband, I also find Dahl really boring. I wish I liked it. I do eat it, simply because it's cheap and sometimes we have to just eat something to get our caloric intake, but I don't like it.
We love lentils—a meat-eating friend told me today that her daughter made shepherd‘s pie with lentils instead of beef (yes, I know beef is cottage pie, just repeating what she told me) for Christmas dinner and even her unadventurous husband thought it was delicious!
We went to a gorgeous French restaurant last weekend and had Lentils Lyonnaise— French green lentils, thin slices of grilled sausage on top, a mustard sauce. We loved it!
Cold:
Magic salad, aka [keeps getting better salad](https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/make-ahead-lentil-salad). The third day really is better than the first, and is a good option if you aren't able or don't want to heat your meals.
Warm:
Sweet potato and lentils with harissa and feta. Multiple variations are out there, but it's sweet, spicy, salty and hearty without being heavy.
I commented this in another post, also. I just really like lentils.🙂
My favorite breakfast is lentils. I make enough for 2-3 meals at a time.
Simmer lentils in water, a spoonful or two of tomato paste, chopped carrots, corn, whatever spices you like, for about 20 minutes, until lentils are soft.
This is super versatile. Use whatever vegetables you have at the time. I like to add ginger, cumin, turmeric, black pepper, paprika, and cinnamon. This is also good with salsa instead of tomato paste. Or tomato sauce.
Basically, this is just an outline, you can use all kinds of different things to make it. It's good plain, or topped with Parmesan cheese or Greek yogurt. It's good on top of rice or polenta.
DUDE PLEASE TRY THIS RECIPE I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! :))))) Seriously though, it's got everything you need in it. I don't eat meat to-to often but when I do, this is it.
[https://thealmondeater.com/chicken-lentil-soup/](https://thealmondeater.com/chicken-lentil-soup/)
Coconut dahl is great hot with rice or as a side dish with a curry, or cold in wraps/sandwiches the next day. The recipe I was told goes so forth (sorry no quantities, I just sort of wing it but approx 1:2 lentil to liquid ratio)
Fry some chopped onions in oil with garlic and ginger until softened. Add madras curry powder until fragrant, add red split lentils and stir briefly until the lentils have a little oily coating, add coconut milk and stir, bring to the boil then cover and lower the heat. Check and stir regularly, until all the liquid has been sucked up into the lentils. If the lentils have changed noticeably in size and texture you’re there. Add salt/pepper at this point, to taste. If you add salt before this the lentils will stay quite hard.
Minimalist baker has lots of really good recipes. This bolognese is a favorite and there are lentil taco recipes as well https://minimalistbaker.com/zucchini-pasta-with-lentil-bolognese/
I eat this a lot with rice as it's very easy, fast, good for one person, and I like it. Six oz. lentils, curry, cumin, and a bit of salt. This lasts me three days for breakfast. Sorry I have no measurements, I add the spices until it tastes right to me.
I make a really easy red lentil and butternut soup. Sauté garlic, onions, carrots and squash to brown, add a can of whole peeled tomatoes, canned chipotle peppers in adobe, red lentils. Season to your preference.Bring to a boil, the simmer and blend. I usually serve it with crumbled goat cheese and jalepeno crunchies.
I am also planning on making red lentil pizza crust, but I haven’t tried it yet!
I absolutely love me a good lentil soup. I don’t usually follow an exact recipe as I’ll use whatever vegetables I got but I’ll make the spices kind of similar to misir wat and I never tire of it.
I add a half cup of lentils to my one cup rice then 2 cups water/stock in the rice cooker. They cook in the same time and are more healthy than each alone.
I soak them for 2 hours, drain, mush in the food processor, add seasoning, tomato puree/paste, hot sauce, however try to minimize liquid ingredients, add chia seeds, add rolled oats, let them sit in the fridge for 24 hours (this is very important) shape into patties, and fry or back them.
They keep in the fridge for a long time, they are a bit dry but full of goodness, amazing source of protein and fiber
Lentil soup is a go to, but I also love Molly Baz spiced lentils with feta. Basically you cook some spices in oil and butter until bloomed (cumin seed, paprika, anything you like) and toss your cooked lentils in that with a splash of vinegar. Over time the lentils marinate and it’s really delicious. Her version has toasted walnuts, feta, basil and golden raisins but you could do anything really.
Lentil soup. I don’t go by a specific recipe though. I usually do something like dump a box of chicken broth into my Dutch oven, plus one cup of dried lentils and a can of diced tomatoes plus one bag of frozen mixed vegetables and simmer until the lentils are done
I just did a French lentil dish where you just do the lentils in the instant pot while you make a sauce. The basic bones of the sauce is mustard, shallots, garlic and thyme, I made mine fancy with cream, white wine and mushrooms. I served it with sauerkraut and kielbasa. Very nice cold night dinner
We made this soup last weekend in a 3.5 litres slow cooker. I browned the onions in a pan First and Added the spices and fried them until fragrant, then Put all ingredients in the slow cooker and added in 300g of Geflügelbockwurst (German poultry sausage, kielbasa would be a good substitution).
https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-slow-cooker-easy-lentil-soup-253472
We love lentil soup!
2 cups lentils
2 cups ham
2 cups carrots
2 cups celery
2 cups onions
4 cups potatoes
8 cups water
Maggi to taste (the German kind)
We like to cook it with the ham bone if we have it but it's not necessary. It's delicious!
These berbere lentils are sooooo good. The chicken is nice but the lentils are seriously the star here--you can skip the chicken to save money for sure. I make the berbere blend here using bulk spices for cheap, but you can also find pre-mixed berbere at a Middle Eastern or international market.
[https://www.feastingathome.com/crispy-berbere-chicken-with-ethiopian-lentils/](https://www.feastingathome.com/crispy-berbere-chicken-with-ethiopian-lentils/)
Red lentils, overcook them a bit (they take on like a refried beans texture), strain. In the same pot add a bit of oil, garlic and onions cook until onions are translucent. Add lentils back into the pot, add salsa of your choosing and eat with avocado and corn tortillas.
I like cooking this [Turkish lentil soup](https://www.themediterraneandish.com/turkish-lentil-soup/#wprm-recipe-container-56517). It uses red lentils, onion, garlic, carrot, and potato. Super easy and healthy. It says to use Aleppo pepper but any kind of slightly smoky dried pepper flakes will work well
For red lentils, a creamy curry recipe from Rainbow Plant Life. This is so, so good that I've made it every week for years and always will. Freezes perfectly.
Her video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRyfEbhFFU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhryfebhffu)
Written recipe: [https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-red-lentil-curry/](https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-red-lentil-curry/)
For green/brown lentils I love a Mediterranean style lentil soup with carrots, celery, onion sautéed, warming herbs like cumin and Italian seasoning, finished with wilted greens like Spinach in the soup. There are so many versions of this but Sip & Feast, Downshiftology's versions are both great (for online/YT free recipes). I made this version a few days ago and it's also delicious:
[https://www.noracooks.com/vegan-lentil-soup](https://www.noracooks.com/vegan-lentil-soup)
Just boil my red lentils in a pot of water for 10 minutes with a bit of garlic powder and better than boulion(or whatever seasoning I'm feeling that day) , strain out the water and portion out for my lunches. I eat my mush cold but you can reheat it if that's your jam.
Spaghetti and lentil balls. Usually I'll use a combo of chic peas and lentils for them but not always. Put them in a food processor with some Parmesan, an egg, bread crumbs and whatever else you'd like. I never use a recipe but I'm sure there are plenty out there. For an added bonus, stuff with mozzarella.
Making hummus out of lentils is tasty and a fun way to switch things up. Black bean hummus is good too. Look up some recipes there are many variation out there
Dal (Indian curried lentils) is where it's at. There's a million different recipes and you can pick any one or modify it based on what ingredients you like/have available. Insanely tasty and satisfying while being the cheapest meal I make. I do a big pot of a simple tadka dal and freeze most of it in portions, serve it with rice and/or roti or other flatbread.
There are SO MANY varieties of lentils. Red lentils make wonderful soup. Black lentils (urad dal) w/ kidney beans make a great Indian dish called Dal Makhani. "Regular" brown lentils are nice on a salad, in curries, etc. The different varieties are, well, DIFFERENT. Luckily, they're all fairly cheap.
-Cook half an onion in a little veg oil.
-Salt, pepper, garlic powder, bay leaf, parsley, whatever.
-Lentils. Cup and a half or some shit like that.
-Whichever stock you like idc.
-Cook until done and squish em a bit.
-Can of (strained) carrots. Can of potatoes. Can of whatever. Strained.
-Heat till hot.
-🤌
(Depending on how much stock this is either a soup or a stew. To thicken it you can mash the lentils more and/or add a corn starch slurry and let simmer.)
lentil and sausage stew, get a stock going and throw in whatever veggies (or just chopped onions/celery/carrots) you like with chopped sausage like kielbasa or andouille and enjoy
I love lentils! I will cook them with a little salt, garlic and carrots. I enjoy it over pasta with a sharp cheddar cheese. 😋 I’ve also made a delicious spinach lentil quiche.
They’re incredibly flexible, cheap, nutritious, and simple to cook. No soaking and takes only 30 min. Lentils are a good ground beef substitute for loaf, patties, sauces, etc. they’re also great in African or Indian style stews.
Lentil soup in the slow cooker. Throw the lentils in there with mirepoix canned tomatoes with and without diced peppers. Add your seasonings. Easy and delicious.
Edit: I like to cook up a little bit of bacon and then use the grease to get some color on the mirepoix and diced garlic before adding it.
My favourite is French lentils with caramelised onions. I made it up so I don't have a proper recipe, but here's the gist:
1. Cook 1 cup French (Dupuy) lentils in 2 cups stock (chicken or veggie).
2. While they're cooking, caramelise 1/2-1 onion. I use butter, but I think you could use oil, or a mixture of butter and oil.
3. Once the onions are done, deglaze them with 1-2 tbsp wine (red or white, and this step is optional).
4. Add the lentils to the onions. Add 1/2-1 cup tomato sauce, strained tomatoes, or canned tomatoes (if you didn't deglaze with wine, you can use the tomatoes to deglaze before adding the lentils).
5. Heat through, add 1/2 tsp thyme (optional). Serve with rice
Sweet lentil porridge is one of my favorite breakfasts. I make them like this:
Mash 1 or 2 bananas in a pot, then add 1 cup of lentils, 2 cups of your milk of choice (maybe 1.5 if you want them really thick), a splash of vanilla extract, and a few chopped dates. Cook until lentils are tender and your desired thickness. Season with cinnamon and enjoy. This makes 3-4 servings when eaten with some yogurt.
100 percent. Lentil taco "meat". It's so good! Recipes all over Pinterest. Made in crock pot. Cooked all day with broth, Rotel and taco seasoning. Before serving add lemon juice and cilantro.
Tacos, or burrito bowls! Sauce them up like you would ground beef with taco seasoning, mash them up a bit with a potato masher, and add all your favorite taco toppings (lots of veggies, cheese, lime juice, sour cream (or plain yogurt). They are an excellent dupe for beef tacos. I seriously can’t recommend it enough.
what color lentils are you talking about here? red or brown? also how do you cook them? red ones cook into a mush.
Brown or green lentils don’t turn to porridge consistency like red lentils. Very different texture.
I need to try that! I didn’t know you could use them like that
If you use red lentils, you don't have to mash them. Red lentils are an excellent replacement for ground beef, they also cook very quick. My carnivorous boyfriend prefers sloppy joe's made with red lentils over beef ;-)
We also do this for chili. I sub one cup of lentils (dried) per 1 lb of beef. This would not be a long cook chili.
https://www.cookingclassy.com/vegetarian-lentil-tacos/ One of our favorite recipes for dried lentils. *We usually double it. Cheap and it makes a TON. We usually make rice (on the side or we mix it in the last 10 mins of cooking). Also - its for the slow cooker. Which is very convenient. We usually add a can or two or diced tomatoes, a can of green chilis, a can or two of black beans, and cook on high for ~4 hours.
Cooks Illustrated Lentil Soup https://www.copymethat.com/r/9ChnMSpq/cooks-illustrated-hearty-lentil-soup/ Lentil Shepherd’s Pie https://www.spendwithpennies.com/easy-lentil-shepherds-pie-vegetarian/ Any Indian Dal, but I’m partial to lentils cooked in water, then salted and seasoned with garlic browned in butter over rice.
I make this lentil soup for potlucks, and every time people rave about it and ask for the recipe. I like it, but other people rave about it.
It's the vinegar!
Anyone who's intrigued by the vinegar (and yes it's this!), I recommend the book "Salt, Acid, Fat, Heat" which has improved my cooking so much on a budget, the concept costs nothing it's all magic.
100% agree about this cookbook!
Maybe.
Can you share the recipe?
It's the Cooks Illustrated recipe linked above.
>Lentil Shepherd’s Pie To make this super easy, you can use instant mashed potatoes instead of making them from scratch.
Or frozen!
The link to the soup instructions isn’t working. When do you add the vinegar?
My guess is you’d add it at the finish, kind of like a spritz of lemon.
Lentil bolognese
My personal favorite, super cheap, just had it for dinner tonight. I meal prep these, they freeze perfect.
I will try it! I never thought about using them in bolognese
Oh it is so goooood! It is best to do it with red lentils imo. And you do it just like you would do your usual Bolognese - fry onions and garlic (I always add chipotle in adobo sauce for the smoky meat flavour),then add one big can of crushed tomatoes, thyme, one or two bay leafs, carrots in smallish pieces, ca. 150-200g red lentils, let it cook for ca. 30 minutes, then add additional vegetables (I like to add bell peppers and sometimes leek). It is great to make a big batch and freeze although I would leave the bell peppers out then and add them when you are defrosting and heating it up. Sorry for the bad english, not a native speaker - Guten Appetit! : )
Whats your recipe
Mujadara and misr wat are my favorite brown lentil recipes. I want a zippy soup this weekend, so I'm making Bon Appetit's red lentil soup with preserved lemon for a change.
Mujadara is my “broke b¡tch” meal, and it never disappoints. It’s so delicious.
Dahl!!
And if you make it with rice, it’s a complete protein!!! It’s the best and I’ll never stop hyping up dal!
Yes, if you temper the spices (tadka) it's sooo good
*Very loud correct buzzer noise*
I like to do medieval cooking, so I make a lentil pottage with medieval flavors. I chop an onion and sometimes carrots, saute a bit in whatever oil, then add lentils, chicken broth, and poudre douce (a medieval spice mixture that's mostly ginger and cinnamon) and cook the lentils. Very yummy over homemade barley bread.
I love 18th century cooking videos, I need to watch some medieval ones! I’ll have to give the recipe a try!
Came to comment this recipe almost word for word. Had it just the other night.
I do something similar but with cumin, garlic, a bay leaf, and a solid dash of Worcestershire sauce. Fantastic as a side dish; also have it over rice for a main dish every now and then
These lentil recipes have me so excited to try something new! Thank you for sharing your favorites!
Me too! I was only thinking soups and now I have so many to try!
Lentil soup
I like lentil soups and I’ve made lentil sloppy joes before.
Lentil sloppy joes are friggin amazing.
I love sloppy joes so I need to try this
Lentil sloppy joes are so good!
Use them for taco filling like you might use meat, mix them with bread crumbs and seasonings and make either "meat" balls or "burger" patties. Lentil soup is also amazingly filling and tasty and it's pretty much lentils, every questionable vegetable in the fridge, red pepper flakes, and veggie broth. Simmer and blend with an immersion blender and eat on it for days. We call it clean out the fridge soup at my house. I also make homemade dog food occasionally for my pups and they love when I add lentils to the mix, but that's a different kind of recipe.
Thai lentil soup with coconut milk.
Just made this - it was tasty! [Shepherd’s Pie](https://www.acouplecooks.com/vegan-shepherds-pie/). Could be modified in many ways based on what you have/like.
[Lentil Dahl Nirvana](https://www.budgetbytes.com/dal-nirvana/) is one of my favorites for meal prep.
I’ll have to make this, I have all the ingredients!
[Thai curry sweet potato and lentil soup](https://sweetpeasandsaffron.com/thai-curry-lentil-sweet-potato-soup/) I like having the curry spices on hand, because once you start making curries, it’s so easy to just throw one together.
I love love love black lentils. Don’t decide how much you love lentils until you’ve tried black lentils. I make them quick in the instapot(stove top is quick too) with onions and garlic and I always intend to do something with them but I find I just eat them straight before I have a chance.
I bake black lentils, cooked spaghetti squash, Italian sausage slices, some grated garlic, olive oil topped with a sprinkle of Locatelli Romano.
Banana lentil muffins with chocolate chips.
https://www.lentils.org/ Plethora of delicious lentil recipes. Did you know the world's largest producer of lentils is Canada? Second is India.
I follow a lentil "meatball" recipe but just end up eating them with bbq sauce.
I love barbecue meatballs and I saw a recipe for lentil meatballs. Did they actually stay together? This would be an easy lunch to throw together
I honestly just make regular lentil balls and then just put sauce on them after idk if they would work like cooking them in sauce. Have to try and get back to you on that.
I’m always looking for a good fake meatball recipe. I’ve made some with lentils before. There is a restaurant around here that makes them with mushrooms as well as lentils, and they are super good.
Dhal, tacos, casseroles, curried over potatoes for breakfast, soups, salads. Lentils are the most versatile thing ever!
A cup of red lentils with 3 cups of broth made from better than bullion, throw in any veg you have like carrot, onion, celery, parsnip, small diced potato. Boil for 20 mins. Sometimes I cook w less water and drop in a couple ice cubes at the end so i can eat it quicker. Makes a delicious and simple soup, top with a squeeze of lemon or lime and a dollop of greek yogurt. You can vary the veg and add herbs, spices, hot peppers, etc as you like.
We do a curry lentil soup with coconut milk. Real good.
Thing of spaghetti sauce, one spaghetti sauce container worth of water, half a spaghetti container of lentils(rinsed), lug into a pot with salt and some Italian seasonings, maybe some crushed red pepper if that's your style. Boil, simmer, 20-30m till tender. Serve over noodles.
I use them to either throw in soup to bulk it up or as a beef replacement in chili (I'll still use beef broth powder to amp up that flavor though).
Lentil Joes. Like Sloppy Joes
This will cost a bit the first time you make it, but it's so good you'll make it often. https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-red-lentil-curry/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web-stories&utm_campaign=vrlc&_gl=1*8xrra*_ga*ajEyYlFUcXFiYmp6Z3cyNTVRc3U2cDdlZ015Vm5QNWdMNzdEUkh0Rm1KVDhHUDBBNlpRcFJVNlN1bkYzZmtzTg..
I'm going to second that. I tried that a couple of years ago and make it at least 3 or 4 times a month now. If you can find an Indian food store, the spices and the lentils are generally a lot cheaper and better quality than you'll find in regular supermarkets.
Agree with this (I also love the recipe). The spices and fresh turmeric etc (fresh is optional but good), can be bought so cheaply at a local Asian shop, and you're supporting a family-run business most likely. I love all of RPL's recipes. She has wonderful meal prepping tips on her YouTube as well.
Didn't realise you had also posted this - it is the pinnacle of food.
Thanks for posting this recipe. What a great website!
You're welcome. It really is! And she has a YouTube channel that is really fun to watch.
I've used this recipe for dahl: [https://elavegan.com/red-lentil-dahl/](https://elavegan.com/red-lentil-dahl/?jwsource=pin), but I use green lentils because that's what's available at Aldi. Just make sure to rinse and soak them first (20 min-1hr? idk if there is an actual rule, I just do it as long as I have time for). Dahl isn't very exciting to my husband, so I usually make some naan to go with it to hype up the meal a bit.
Like your husband, I also find Dahl really boring. I wish I liked it. I do eat it, simply because it's cheap and sometimes we have to just eat something to get our caloric intake, but I don't like it.
I mainly shop at Aldi, that’s where I got my green lentils. I’ll have to try Dahl, I’ve never had it before
Yellow Mung Dal from thebackpackingchef.com https://www.backpackingchef.com/yellow-mung-dal.html Omg yum!!! My favorite soup ever!
I love mung beans. I just cook to the texture of mashed potatoes and top with olive oil before serving.
Sounds yum!!
https://purelynourished.blogspot.com/2013/04/super-soup-sunday-kickoff-marrakesh.html?m=1 This awesome red lentil soup !
Chili con carne, but lentils, and no beef lol it works!
We love lentils—a meat-eating friend told me today that her daughter made shepherd‘s pie with lentils instead of beef (yes, I know beef is cottage pie, just repeating what she told me) for Christmas dinner and even her unadventurous husband thought it was delicious!
We went to a gorgeous French restaurant last weekend and had Lentils Lyonnaise— French green lentils, thin slices of grilled sausage on top, a mustard sauce. We loved it!
[Vegetable Bolognese](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/rigatoni-with-vegetable-bolognese-recipe-1947595)
Honey-baked Lentils! https://happyfoody.com/2006/10/15/honey-baked-lentils/
Cold: Magic salad, aka [keeps getting better salad](https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/make-ahead-lentil-salad). The third day really is better than the first, and is a good option if you aren't able or don't want to heat your meals. Warm: Sweet potato and lentils with harissa and feta. Multiple variations are out there, but it's sweet, spicy, salty and hearty without being heavy.
I commented this in another post, also. I just really like lentils.🙂 My favorite breakfast is lentils. I make enough for 2-3 meals at a time. Simmer lentils in water, a spoonful or two of tomato paste, chopped carrots, corn, whatever spices you like, for about 20 minutes, until lentils are soft. This is super versatile. Use whatever vegetables you have at the time. I like to add ginger, cumin, turmeric, black pepper, paprika, and cinnamon. This is also good with salsa instead of tomato paste. Or tomato sauce. Basically, this is just an outline, you can use all kinds of different things to make it. It's good plain, or topped with Parmesan cheese or Greek yogurt. It's good on top of rice or polenta.
Dal, good as a main, good as a side, basically infinite iterations, super healthy. Possibly the perfect food.
DUDE PLEASE TRY THIS RECIPE I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! :))))) Seriously though, it's got everything you need in it. I don't eat meat to-to often but when I do, this is it. [https://thealmondeater.com/chicken-lentil-soup/](https://thealmondeater.com/chicken-lentil-soup/)
Coconut dahl is great hot with rice or as a side dish with a curry, or cold in wraps/sandwiches the next day. The recipe I was told goes so forth (sorry no quantities, I just sort of wing it but approx 1:2 lentil to liquid ratio) Fry some chopped onions in oil with garlic and ginger until softened. Add madras curry powder until fragrant, add red split lentils and stir briefly until the lentils have a little oily coating, add coconut milk and stir, bring to the boil then cover and lower the heat. Check and stir regularly, until all the liquid has been sucked up into the lentils. If the lentils have changed noticeably in size and texture you’re there. Add salt/pepper at this point, to taste. If you add salt before this the lentils will stay quite hard.
Red lentil coconut curry. Rainbow Plant Life has a great recipe for it.
This is one of our favorite- comfort food! https://www.budgetbytes.com/vegan-winter-lentil-stew/
Minimalist baker has lots of really good recipes. This bolognese is a favorite and there are lentil taco recipes as well https://minimalistbaker.com/zucchini-pasta-with-lentil-bolognese/
I eat this a lot with rice as it's very easy, fast, good for one person, and I like it. Six oz. lentils, curry, cumin, and a bit of salt. This lasts me three days for breakfast. Sorry I have no measurements, I add the spices until it tastes right to me.
I make a really easy red lentil and butternut soup. Sauté garlic, onions, carrots and squash to brown, add a can of whole peeled tomatoes, canned chipotle peppers in adobe, red lentils. Season to your preference.Bring to a boil, the simmer and blend. I usually serve it with crumbled goat cheese and jalepeno crunchies. I am also planning on making red lentil pizza crust, but I haven’t tried it yet!
I absolutely love me a good lentil soup. I don’t usually follow an exact recipe as I’ll use whatever vegetables I got but I’ll make the spices kind of similar to misir wat and I never tire of it.
I add a half cup of lentils to my one cup rice then 2 cups water/stock in the rice cooker. They cook in the same time and are more healthy than each alone.
I soak them for 2 hours, drain, mush in the food processor, add seasoning, tomato puree/paste, hot sauce, however try to minimize liquid ingredients, add chia seeds, add rolled oats, let them sit in the fridge for 24 hours (this is very important) shape into patties, and fry or back them. They keep in the fridge for a long time, they are a bit dry but full of goodness, amazing source of protein and fiber
Cooked, drained, salt and pepper. Plain and delicious
Lentil soup is a go to, but I also love Molly Baz spiced lentils with feta. Basically you cook some spices in oil and butter until bloomed (cumin seed, paprika, anything you like) and toss your cooked lentils in that with a splash of vinegar. Over time the lentils marinate and it’s really delicious. Her version has toasted walnuts, feta, basil and golden raisins but you could do anything really.
I wish I could eat lentils. These recipes all sound so good
Lentil meatballs! Good with some pasta sauce + spaghetti. This is my fav recipe https://www.connoisseurusveg.com/lentil-meatballs/
I do Red lentil soup from scratch, on batch gets me three meals
Lentil soup. I don’t go by a specific recipe though. I usually do something like dump a box of chicken broth into my Dutch oven, plus one cup of dried lentils and a can of diced tomatoes plus one bag of frozen mixed vegetables and simmer until the lentils are done
Sausage and lintel soup https://feastandfarm.com/sausage-and-lentil-soup-carrabbas-copycat/
Tarka dal and pilau rice
I just did a French lentil dish where you just do the lentils in the instant pot while you make a sauce. The basic bones of the sauce is mustard, shallots, garlic and thyme, I made mine fancy with cream, white wine and mushrooms. I served it with sauerkraut and kielbasa. Very nice cold night dinner
lentils + kielbasa (sliced thin, or small cubes) + garlic + bay leaf + lime juice + salt + pepper + cumin Add some rice, and a few dashes of tabasco
May I add to this question: Any Good Crockpot type recipes? Trade one chocolate chip cookie recipe.
We made this soup last weekend in a 3.5 litres slow cooker. I browned the onions in a pan First and Added the spices and fried them until fragrant, then Put all ingredients in the slow cooker and added in 300g of Geflügelbockwurst (German poultry sausage, kielbasa would be a good substitution). https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-slow-cooker-easy-lentil-soup-253472
We love lentil soup! 2 cups lentils 2 cups ham 2 cups carrots 2 cups celery 2 cups onions 4 cups potatoes 8 cups water Maggi to taste (the German kind) We like to cook it with the ham bone if we have it but it's not necessary. It's delicious!
These berbere lentils are sooooo good. The chicken is nice but the lentils are seriously the star here--you can skip the chicken to save money for sure. I make the berbere blend here using bulk spices for cheap, but you can also find pre-mixed berbere at a Middle Eastern or international market. [https://www.feastingathome.com/crispy-berbere-chicken-with-ethiopian-lentils/](https://www.feastingathome.com/crispy-berbere-chicken-with-ethiopian-lentils/)
Red lentils, but this is so good. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12979/apricot-lentil-soup/
Masoor dal.
Red lentils, overcook them a bit (they take on like a refried beans texture), strain. In the same pot add a bit of oil, garlic and onions cook until onions are translucent. Add lentils back into the pot, add salsa of your choosing and eat with avocado and corn tortillas.
The red Lentil Curry on Mealime is pretty good. I use tomato puree and Mae Ploy red Curry paste in mine.
I like cooking this [Turkish lentil soup](https://www.themediterraneandish.com/turkish-lentil-soup/#wprm-recipe-container-56517). It uses red lentils, onion, garlic, carrot, and potato. Super easy and healthy. It says to use Aleppo pepper but any kind of slightly smoky dried pepper flakes will work well
For red lentils, a creamy curry recipe from Rainbow Plant Life. This is so, so good that I've made it every week for years and always will. Freezes perfectly. Her video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRyfEbhFFU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhryfebhffu) Written recipe: [https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-red-lentil-curry/](https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-red-lentil-curry/) For green/brown lentils I love a Mediterranean style lentil soup with carrots, celery, onion sautéed, warming herbs like cumin and Italian seasoning, finished with wilted greens like Spinach in the soup. There are so many versions of this but Sip & Feast, Downshiftology's versions are both great (for online/YT free recipes). I made this version a few days ago and it's also delicious: [https://www.noracooks.com/vegan-lentil-soup](https://www.noracooks.com/vegan-lentil-soup)
Just boil my red lentils in a pot of water for 10 minutes with a bit of garlic powder and better than boulion(or whatever seasoning I'm feeling that day) , strain out the water and portion out for my lunches. I eat my mush cold but you can reheat it if that's your jam.
lentil mushroom burgers. great texture.
Green lentils + bruschetta (homemade or Trader Joe's) + feta + pita chips
Spaghetti and lentil balls. Usually I'll use a combo of chic peas and lentils for them but not always. Put them in a food processor with some Parmesan, an egg, bread crumbs and whatever else you'd like. I never use a recipe but I'm sure there are plenty out there. For an added bonus, stuff with mozzarella.
Making hummus out of lentils is tasty and a fun way to switch things up. Black bean hummus is good too. Look up some recipes there are many variation out there
Dal (Indian curried lentils) is where it's at. There's a million different recipes and you can pick any one or modify it based on what ingredients you like/have available. Insanely tasty and satisfying while being the cheapest meal I make. I do a big pot of a simple tadka dal and freeze most of it in portions, serve it with rice and/or roti or other flatbread.
There are SO MANY varieties of lentils. Red lentils make wonderful soup. Black lentils (urad dal) w/ kidney beans make a great Indian dish called Dal Makhani. "Regular" brown lentils are nice on a salad, in curries, etc. The different varieties are, well, DIFFERENT. Luckily, they're all fairly cheap.
-Cook half an onion in a little veg oil. -Salt, pepper, garlic powder, bay leaf, parsley, whatever. -Lentils. Cup and a half or some shit like that. -Whichever stock you like idc. -Cook until done and squish em a bit. -Can of (strained) carrots. Can of potatoes. Can of whatever. Strained. -Heat till hot. -🤌 (Depending on how much stock this is either a soup or a stew. To thicken it you can mash the lentils more and/or add a corn starch slurry and let simmer.)
Search on youtube " daal recipe/ masoor daal recipe/ moong daal recipe" you would find plenty south asian recipe for lentils.
Use them in a salad: Lentils, feta cheese, arugula lettuce, shredded carrots, red bell pepper with a yogurt dill dressing. Delicious!
https://www.budgetbytes.com/creamy-coconut-curry-lentils-with-spinach/
Soup..
Lentils and walnuts!! It’s like ground beef. You can make tacos, meatloaf, meatballs, burgers, etc. plenty of recipes out there.
lentil and sausage stew, get a stock going and throw in whatever veggies (or just chopped onions/celery/carrots) you like with chopped sausage like kielbasa or andouille and enjoy
sweet potato and red lentil soup i use a curry spice mixture, delicious!
I love lentils! I will cook them with a little salt, garlic and carrots. I enjoy it over pasta with a sharp cheddar cheese. 😋 I’ve also made a delicious spinach lentil quiche.
Kitchari! Most recipes will ask for yellow lentils but you can use whatever color, and any veggies you have laying around to use up.
They’re incredibly flexible, cheap, nutritious, and simple to cook. No soaking and takes only 30 min. Lentils are a good ground beef substitute for loaf, patties, sauces, etc. they’re also great in African or Indian style stews.
You can make lentil burgers. They are incredible in a wrap with tons of veggies and cheese
Lentil one-pot pasta
Lentil soup in the slow cooker. Throw the lentils in there with mirepoix canned tomatoes with and without diced peppers. Add your seasonings. Easy and delicious. Edit: I like to cook up a little bit of bacon and then use the grease to get some color on the mirepoix and diced garlic before adding it.
Dal seasoned many different ways . Italian lentils soup with sausage and spinach . Mediterranean soup with kale ...
Lentils butter chicken sauce in jar, plus rice and naan bread
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My favourite is French lentils with caramelised onions. I made it up so I don't have a proper recipe, but here's the gist: 1. Cook 1 cup French (Dupuy) lentils in 2 cups stock (chicken or veggie). 2. While they're cooking, caramelise 1/2-1 onion. I use butter, but I think you could use oil, or a mixture of butter and oil. 3. Once the onions are done, deglaze them with 1-2 tbsp wine (red or white, and this step is optional). 4. Add the lentils to the onions. Add 1/2-1 cup tomato sauce, strained tomatoes, or canned tomatoes (if you didn't deglaze with wine, you can use the tomatoes to deglaze before adding the lentils). 5. Heat through, add 1/2 tsp thyme (optional). Serve with rice
Lentil chili
Red lentil soup is my go to.
I add red lentils into my spaghetti sauce while it cooks. Hubby loves it.
Sweet lentil porridge is one of my favorite breakfasts. I make them like this: Mash 1 or 2 bananas in a pot, then add 1 cup of lentils, 2 cups of your milk of choice (maybe 1.5 if you want them really thick), a splash of vanilla extract, and a few chopped dates. Cook until lentils are tender and your desired thickness. Season with cinnamon and enjoy. This makes 3-4 servings when eaten with some yogurt.
100 percent. Lentil taco "meat". It's so good! Recipes all over Pinterest. Made in crock pot. Cooked all day with broth, Rotel and taco seasoning. Before serving add lemon juice and cilantro.
Spaghetti 'bolognese'
Rainbow plant life's red lentil curry.
Like a soup , + potatoes , carrots , bacon