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Healthy lentil recipes

Lentils are packed with fibre and protein and add texture and flavour to everything from salads to soups.
Orange, puy lentil and pearl barley salad with eggs
by Dr Rupy Aujla

A quick, healthy salad from Dr Rupy using grains that are rich in fibre and protein, paired with lots of tasty flavour boosters.

Each serving provides 676 kcal, 19.5g protein, 31.1g carbohydrate (of which 17.4g sugars), 47.8g fat (of which 6.6g saturates), 10.4g fibre and 1.11g salt.

Light meals & snacks

Middle Eastern lentils

by Jenny Chandler
Main course

Haddock and lentils

by Marcus Wareing
Main course

Smoked haddock with lentils and spinach

by Fiona Hunter
Main course

Salmon and fragrant lentils

by Priya Tew
Main course

Spiced cauliflower with toasted coconut and red lentils

by Glynn Purnell
Starters & nibbles

Spiced roasted cauliflower with lentils and tahini yoghurt

by Dr Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed
Light meals & snacks

Italian green lentil soup

by Jenny Chandler
Main course

Flexible lentil stew

by Helen Upshall
Main course

Nadiya's lentil soup and soda bread

by Nadiya Hussain
Main course

Sri Lankan dal with coconut and lime kale

by Meera Sodha
Main course

Lentil, bean and kale salad

by Jack Monroe
Light meals & snacks

Healthy bacon and lentil soup

by Tim Maddams
Light meals & snacks

Lentil salad with beetroot and goats' cheese

by Emily Angle
Light meals & snacks

Carrot, lentil and almond soup with wholemeal croûtons

by Lily Soutter
Light meals & snacks
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