Tag: lentils

Banana Protein Pancakes

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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup red or green lentils 
  • 1 cup old fashioned (large flake) oats 
  • 1 cup CNP Master Mix
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar 
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon 
  • 3/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup canola oil (or melted butter) 
  • 2 eggs, large 
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla 
  • 2 bananas, over-ripe, mashed 
  • maple syrup (optional, to serve with pancakes) 
  • Nonstick spray

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds. 
  2. In a small saucepan of boiling water, cook the lentils according to package directions. Drain well and set aside. 
  3. In a large bowl, stir together the oats, CNP Master Mix, brown sugar, cinnamon. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the yogurt, water, oil, eggs, and vanilla. 
  4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients along with the mashed banana and cooked lentils, and stir until just combined. 
  5. Set a heavy skillet over medium heat and spray with nonstick spray. 
  6. Cook about 1/4 a cup of batter at a time. Cook for a couple of minutes on medium, until bubbles begin to break through the surface, then flip. Pancakes shoudl be golden and springy to the touch.
  7. Serve warm drizzled with maple syrup (optional). 

Makes 20 servings

Stuffed Peppers with Lentil Meat Sauce

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Ingredients

  • 5 large peppers
  • 1 1/2 cups brown rice 
  • 1 1/2 cups CNP Meat Sauce with Lentils  
  • 5 Tablespoons low-fat cheese
  • 1 Tablespoons CNP Mexican Seasoning (optional)
  • Chopped jalapeños or carrots (optional)
  • 1 4-ounce can chopped black olives (optional)
  • Nonstick spray

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds.
  2. Cook rice and set aside.
  3. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a baking sheet (any size) with nonstick spray.
  4. Wash peppers. Cut off tops and scoop out seeds. To help them stand up, take a small slice off of the bottom. Trim around the stem of the peppers. Throw away the stem. Chop the trimming and bottom parts of the pepper, then set aside. 
  5. Mix CNP Mexican Seasoning into CNP Meat Sauce with Lentils for extra spice.
  6. Place peppers in 9×13-inch baking dish coated with nonstick spray. 
  7. Layer inside each pepper a Tablespoon of low-fat cheese, and then even amounts of rice and lentil sauce until the peppers are mostly filled. Sprinkle each top with chopped pepper from the trimmed top and bottom along with any desired extra ingredients like chopped jalapeños, carrots, or black olives.
  8. Cover with foil and bake at 350°F for 4o minutes. The peppers will change to a deeper color as they cook.
  9. If desired, sprinkle a little more cheese on each pepper after the 40 minutes, and then bake for another 5-8 minutes, or until cheese is melted. 

Makes 5 servings

1 pepper per serving

 

CNP Meat Sauce with Lentils

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Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon canola oil
  • 1/4 cup chopped onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 3 Tablespoons tomato paste 
  • 1  8-ounce can tomato sauce
  • 2.5 cups water
  • 1 cup green lentils
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt 

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds.
  2. Sauté onions, garlic, and oil in a pan for 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, lentils, and salt. 
  4. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. 
  5. Cook until lentils are soft all the way through. Add more water for desired liquidity of sauce.

Makes 5 servings

1/2 cup per serving


Lentil Taco Bowls

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups dry lentils (sorted and rinsed)
  • 1/4 cup raisins 
  • 4 cups water (approximate)
  • 1/2 green pepper (chopped)
  • 4 garlic (cloves, minced)
  • 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper flakes (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon basil
  • 2/3 cup tomato paste

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water.
  2. Cook lentils in 3 cups water for 10 minutes.
  3. Add remaining ingredients and stir. 
  4. Simmer for 30 minutes. Add more water if necessary.
  5. Serve with corn tortillas, quinoa, or whole grain rice or noodles.

Makes 6 servings

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