Tag Archives: lentils

Lentil stew with kale and turkey sausage – 2/13/17

For a vegan/vegetarian version of this dish omit the turkey sausage. Here is an easy, fairly quick, and filling stew. Although we prepare it with turkey sausage, it is easily made omitting the sausage for a vegan dish.  First we … Continue reading

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My First Vegan Day (I think) – 1/17/17

Today I made a conscious effort to have a total vegan day.  Maybe I have eaten vegan at other times by happenstance. Today I decided to keep my diet plant based. For breakfast I had peanut butter on toast.  For … Continue reading

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Lentil stew with turkey sausage (or not) and vegetables – 12/15/16

As usual this dish cane be made vegetarian or vegan by omitting the meat. The weather here in Northern California has taken a (California) winter turn and a warm bowl of lentil stew is the perfect dinner for a chilly … Continue reading

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Lentils with turkey sausage – 10/27/16

This is a really comfort food dish for us. We haven’t made it for a while so we are really looking forward to it. We had a hard workout at the gym today and need some food good for building … Continue reading

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Lentil soup with turkey sausage – 9/2/16

Last week I made a new recipe, lentils with middle eastern spices. There was a bunch left over.  I took that leftover portion and added turkey sausage plus additional carrots and celery. Easy and tasty!

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August 23, 2016 – Vegan dinner

Tonight I made an adaptation of a NY Times recipe, Lentil and Carrot Salad with Middle Eastern Spices. My dish was not a salad but a lentil stew with carrots, cabbage, and broccoli. The spices I used were cumin, coriander, … Continue reading

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May 3, 2016 – Lentil Stew

What could be more comforting than a big pot of lentil stew! I debated whether I should call this soup or stew but decided it was thick enough for stew. I actually made this the day before because I wanted … Continue reading

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February 3, 2016 – Lentil soup

I found this recipe for lentil or dal soup on eat2health , a blog that I have started following recently. This is her picture and I hope she is okay with the fact that I used it.  My soup looked … Continue reading

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January 12, 2016 – North African Bean Stew with Barley and Winter Squash

New recipe tonight! From New York Times Cooking a North African bean stew with barley and winter squash. This was a really tasty and filling vegetarian dish. We made up a new (to us) spice blend called baharat. Two thumbs … Continue reading

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