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Quinoa, Lentil, Kale And Feta Salad With Salmon

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Warm quinoa, lentil, kale and feta salad with salmon and broccoli – an extremely high protein, nutritious, filling and delicious meal.

Quinoa, lentil, kale and feta salad with salmon, incredibly heallthy and delicious!

Barring some extremely boring vegetable broths I made when I tried following the 5:2 diet for a while (I lasted 5 weeks and only lost 2lb… and fast days were a nightmare, I have been banned from trying it again, apparently I am not very nice to be around when I’m starving, shocker.), this quinoa, lentil, kale and feta salad has to be the healthiest meal I have ever cooked. …

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Vegetarian Cottage Pie With Garlic Butter Sweet Potato Mash

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Vegetarian lentil cottage pie with garlic butter sweet potato mash - Domestic Gothess Vegetarian cottage pie (or shepherds pie, either name works seeing as there is no meat in it to distinguish between them) is a meal that I make fairly regularly as it is so simple, hearty and healthy. Lentils make a great (and very healthy) replacement for meat in a lot of recipes, particularly in warming Winter ones such as stews and pies; and I always have a stash of several different varieties in the cupboard. Although I often cook with dried lentils, they can take a while to cook and some varieties need to be soaked overnight before you can cook them so I also keep tins of pre-cooked lentils for when I want to make something a little more low-effort. I used a tin of lentils in this cottage pie, they really help to bulk it out and make it far more filling than it would be if just made with veg….

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Vegetarian Red Lentil Koftas With Homemade Flatbreads & Harissa Yoghurt Sauce

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Vegetarian red lentil koftas with flatbreads & harissa youghurt sauce - Domestic GothessNow that the weather has warmed up a little and the evenings are lighter I have been craving summery food and meals outside, problem being that my garden is an absolute state…completely overgrown and chock full of weeds. Even my poor dog struggles to get to the bottom of the garden; it is going to take some serious, backbreaking work to get it into any kind of fit state for enjoying a meal in (and I don’t even have any outdoor furniture…). If I did have a nice garden to eat in though, these vegetarian red lentil koftas with flatbreads and harissa yoghurt are exactly the kind of thing I would make. They are the perfect summer sharing food, just lay everything out on the table and let people pile up their own flatbreads….

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