Mujaddara

Happy meatless Monday! This week’s Thug Kitchen 101 recipe is a new one for me. The dish is called Mujaddara which is made with rice, lentils and caramelized onions. Those are the big components and they are seasoned with lots of fragrant Middle Eastern spices. It was quite an interesting recipe to read through because…

Sweet Potato & Lentil Curry

I love curry. Whether it’s thai curry or indian curry, I am a big fan. The weather has been pretty weird lately, so I thought it would be nice to have a warm curry. I found this recipe from Detoxinista (link here). This was a really easy dinner to put together. It took about 15…

Lentil & Turkey Meatballs

Do you ever have leftover food in the fridge and want to use it up in a creative way? That was how I felt yesterday. I had cooked a whole bunch of lentils and I used about half of them to make a delicious lentil bolognese sauce. But I still had a few cups of…

Recipe #35: Lentil and Mushroom Pasta Sauce

I love making my own pasta sauces – they’re always so much better than storebought. They’re also a lot healthier, usually. This recipe was definitely on the healthier side and it tasted delicious. I didn’t use mushrooms because I really don’t like them, so I used about 4 cups of chopped zucchini instead. I guess…