Lentil Weight Loss Recipes

Lentils are highly nutritious food and it is good for healthy eating and weight loss. Lentils include B vitamins which is essential for digestive system and health body.  Lentils contain iron, zinc and calcium and low in calorie. Those who want to reduce their weight can read this article. Some Lentil Weight Loss Recipes for your benefit. 

1.       Smoked Ham Lentils with Cod

2.       Curried Lentils

3.       Asian Lentils

4.       Lentil-stuffed Butternut Squash

5.       Chicken with Herby Lemon Lentils

6.       Curried Sweet Potato Lentil Pizza

7.       Pasta Lentil Bolognese 

8.       Indian-Style Lentil & Cauliflower Biryani 

9.       Lentil & Sweet Potato Stew 

Chicken with Herby Lemon Lentils

Ingredients:

1.       2 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless

2.       100g puy lentils

3.       Oil spray

4.       Salt and pepper

5.       Zest and juice of one lemon

6.       500ml chicken stock, from a cube is fine

7.       2 garlic cloves

8.       Handful fresh parsley

How to Make:

·         Heat stock in saucepan & add lentils and Boil for ½ hour.

·         In frying pan, heat oil spray. Flavor the chicken & For 5 minutes cook it.

·         Then turn over and cook it again for 8-10 minutes until cooked all the way.

·         Now, Take chicken out of the pan and leave it for rest. Now, for a few minutes Heat juice, garlic, lemon zest and parsley together.

·         After that, In pan, put lentils with lemon juice and garlic to combine.

·         Serve chicken on top of the lentils.

Asian Lentils

Ingredients:

1.       2 x 400g tins puy lentils, drained

2.       1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar

3.       2 tbsp. soy sauce

4.       2 tbsp. sesame seeds

5.       1 red chilli

6.       Salt and pepper

7.       1 tbsp. runny honey

8.       1 garlic clove

9.       Oil spray

How to Make: 

·         Chop up garlic clove and cut chilli in half & remove seeds with back of knife, then finely chop.

·         In small pan, Heat soy sauce, honey, vinegar, garlic & chilli all together

·         In a frying pan, Heat oil spray & cook until lentils are warmed. Over lentils, put pour soy sauce and then cook for 1 minute. Tip into a bowl and drop with sesame seeds.