Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Lentils my new favorite legume

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I have to say that I have never given lentils much thought, but my sister and I are trying to lose weight using natural low carb, low glycemic foods. In my research I found that lentils have tons of nutrients, are high in fiber, are a low glycemic food and are cheap so I thought I would give them a try. They are now my new favorite and the best part is they don't have any real distinct taste themselves they just take on the seasonings you put into them. I made baked meatless meat balls with them and they were great. The texture was just like meat.

Ingredients:
Tweeked from lentil recipes
Pre-heat 375
2 cups of soaked lentils *
2 cloves of garlic
3 eggs
1 medium onion
1/4 wheat germ
1/2 cup of bread crumbs
pinch of salt
your favorite meatloaf or ball seasonings
Update: I forgot to put milk in the ingredients. I used about a 1/4 cup of milk. Sorry if this caused any problems.

The Sauce:
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1/2 cup of ketchup (corn syrup free)
6 Tbs butter
6 Tbs raw sugar
3 Tbs vinegar (I used raw apple cider)
6 Tbs water

*Lentil prep: the night before soak the lentils in filtered water with about 2 Tbs of some kind of acid I used raw apple cider vinegar but you can use whey, or yogurt. The next day I rinsed the lentils with filtered water and put them in my slow cooker on low. It took most the day because I did a large batches to freeze for later without taking 2 days.

For the lentil balls I mixed all the ingredients together and made 1 inch balls and placed them on a foil lined cookie sheet and baked them for 25- 30 minutes.

For the sauce mix the ingredients into a sauce pan and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes. I reheated the lentil balls and the sauce together on the stove the next day and they tasted great and held together.

*As a side note lentils are very good if you suffer from diabetes because of there high fiber.

This post is shared at Simple Lives Thursday.

7 comments:

  1. I love lentils! Seriously! Although, I love all beans, but lentils have always been my fave! The meatballs sound good and I happen to have all those ingredients on hand!

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  2. Hey I'm glad the recipe sounds good. Let me know what you think.

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  3. I love lentils too. I think it's the peppery flavor. I had a recipe years ago for a lentil loaf that also called for shredded raw beets. It was the best bean loaf I'd ever made, but somehow I lost the recipe. I've searched online but never found anything close. The lentil meatballs sound good, so I'll have to try them.

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  4. Wow! They really look like meatballs.
    I'm a vegetarian, so I will give these a try. I am your newest follower. I hope you will visit my blog and follow me back. www.glutenfreewithjudee.blogspot.com

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  5. Judee I just got back from looking around your blog. Its great I'm trying more gluten free flours for the purpose of losing weight, so your recipes are very helpful.

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  6. Hi. Just wondering if there is a misprint for the sauce ingredients as it only says 1/2 cup for ketchup but it says "cups"? I am anxious to try this recipe but want to make sure the ingredients are correct.

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  7. Sorry about that. Yes it is a miss print I will change it right away.

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