Easy recipes with pot lentils for when you don't know what to cook

Rice salad with lentils

You can improvise easy and nutritious salads with a pot of lentils. Mix white rice with cooked lentils and add onion, carrot, red pepper and a few leaves of baby spinach, for example.

The combination of the vegetable proteins of lentils with those of rice, like that of other legumes with cereals, makes them compensate for their deficiencies and is a complete dish. Find out where to find vegetable protein and how to incorporate it well into your dishes.

Lentil Burgers

While the oven is heating to 180º, crush the drained lentils from a pot together with 1 peeled garlic, 1 caramelised onion (find out how to do it here), 1 teaspoon of curry, salt and pepper, until obtaining a puree. Form 4 hamburgers, cover them with chopped almonds and grill them 10-12 min.

To accompany it, you can make a salad of red onion, mango and pineapple marinated for 30 minutes with chopped lime juice, coriander and mint. And for dressing, a sauce made with two tablespoons of mayonnaise, two of yogurt and a teaspoon of curry.

Lentils with rice and caramelized onion

To do it in an easy plan, on the one hand, prepare a white rice that you have on hand (in this case it is basmati). On the other, poach onion, cooking it at low intensity until it caramelizes. Mix the rice with the drained pot lentils. Accompany it with the onion. Garnish with chopped parsley. And flavor it with turmeric, cinnamon, allspice …

This recipe is inspired by mujaddara, a typical recipe from Lebanese cuisine that can also be made with bulgur wheat instead of rice.

Lentil stuffed peppers

Wash the peppers. Remove the top cover and clean them inside. Cook for 10 minutes in salted water and drain. Fill them with a sautéed onion, leek and carrot, drained pot lentils, broad beans, salt, pepper and washed and chopped thyme. Bake them at 180º for 10 minutes and serve with tomato sauce, for example.

For easy filling, choose peppers that are not too big.

Super light lentil salad

If you are fed up with the traditional (and very heavy) stews of a lifetime, you have to try this super light lentil salad. You can make it with a pot of lentils and it is a delicious way to add more legumes to your diet. If you dare to try them, here is the step-by-step recipe. See recipe step by step.

To dress it up, you can make a honey and lemon vinaigrette or some other easy salad sauce.

Timbale of lentils with chicken

Sauté 1 chives 1 minced garlic. Add grated tomato, 1 washed bay leaf, 1 little minced ginger and a pot of drained lentils. Cook until the tomato is reduced. Divide them onto plates with a pastry ring. Top them with grilled or grilled strips of cock. And garnish with chopped cilantro.

To make it richer, marinate the chicken. Mix in a bowl the juice of half a lemon, 2 tablespoons of oil, 1 minced garlic, a pinch of cumin, paprika and chopped coriander. Place the chicken strips inside. Cover and leave in the fridge for 4 hours . The longer it rests, the more tender and tasty it will be; but do not leave it more than a day because it could ferment.

Lentil Salad Stuffed Potatoes

You can also make one of the delicious and irresistible recipes with potatoes that has lentils. Wrap the potatoes in aluminum foil and bake at 180º for 45 minutes. Make a cut lengthwise. Remove the pulp and mix with minced mint, cooked lentils, green asparagus tips and raw or sautéed vegetables, black olives and chopped hazelnuts. And for seasoning, a little lemon yogurt.

Foods rich in fiber, legumes, raw nuts, lemon and yogurt are some of the fundamental foods of a detox diet.

Lentil stew with cod

Make a sauce of onion, carrot and red pepper. When it is ready, add a pot of drained lentils and sauté it all together for a few minutes. Accompany it with some roasted or grilled cod fillets.

To give it more flavor you can prepare a honey and almond mash. In a base of oil, lightly sauté some slices of garlic, chopped almonds and, if you want it spicy, chilli. Arrange it in a mortar with a few tablespoons of honey, olive oil, salt and fresh parsley, and mash it well.

Lentils with apple, pumpkin and asparagus

In the oven preheated to 180º, roast slices of pumpkin, apple and green asparagus with a little oil and vinegar for about 20 minutes. And then serve them accompanied by the cooked and drained lentils. And sprinkle freshly ground pepper and chopped almonds on top.

You can also make it with apples and grilled or grilled vegetables if you don't want to cook in the oven.

More easy and delicious pumpkin recipes, here.

Lentil salad with chicken and apple

Here's another recipe with pot lentils and a dish you can make from pantry staples. You just have to take a handful of drained pot lentils and mix them with chicken breast, vegetables and vegetables that you have in the fridge.

In this case, it has cut tomato, a few slices of apple and chopped chives. But you can make it with cucumber, carrot, red pepper, onion …

Ultra easy lentil puree

Mix cooked canned lentils with caramelised or well-poached onion. Blend everything together in the blender glass until you get a smooth and homogeneous cream. Salt and pepper and stir. Spread the puree on the plates and decorate it with a vinegar reduction thread, a few drops of oil, some washed and dried thyme leaves, and some croutons.

It is also very tasty with fresh cheese cubes instead of croutons.

Light lentil stew

If you are looking for a strong and nutritious dish, but light at the same time, try this light vegetarian and vegan recipe, it does not contain anything of animal origin (not even eggs or dairy). See recipe step by step.

To lighten the stews, dispense with bacon and other sausages, reduce the amount of oil, and substitute the potato for zucchini.

Lentils with mushrooms and artichokes

Sauté onion and leek in oil. Add garlic, green pepper, and fresh or thawed mushrooms. Increase the heat, and continue cooking for a few minutes. Add zucchini chunks and canned artichoke hearts and cook until lightly browned. Add drained canned lentils and add a little vegetable broth. Cook everything together for about 10 minutes, season and sprinkle with chopped parsley.

You can also make it with dried lentils and fresh artichokes, adding more broth and extending the cooking time.

Discover more recipes with artichokes here.

Lentils with cuttlefish

Heat a casserole with olive oil. Sauté garlic, onion and green pepper. Add cuttlefish cut into cubes and cook for 5 minutes. Add grated tomato. Season with salt and pepper and sauté for 5 more minutes. Add cooked lentils and chopped parsley. And cook 5 more minutes.

They are also very tasty with squid, squid or pasmamar instead of cuttlefish.

Lentil pate

And if you have lentils you can make a hummus-type lentil paté. An aubergine is roasted. Meanwhile, 100 grams of mushrooms are sautéed along with two cloves of garlic. Once ready, mix the pulp of the aubergine and the mushrooms with 150 grams of cooked and drained lentils. Everything is crushed to form a homogeneous paste and seasoned with mint, lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper.