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Yummie Lentil Loaf

Yummie Lentil Loaf Recipe

Ingredients:

▪              1 onion diced

▪              2 garlic cloves finely chopped

▪              1/2 red chilli finely chopped

▪              2 T olive oil

▪              1 1/2 cups of cooked lentils

▪              1 carrot grated

▪              1 zucchini grated

▪              5 mushrooms chopped

▪              3 artichoke bottoms diced

▪              2 egg whites, beaten to fluffy, 2 egg yokes

▪              1/2 t salt

▪              1/2 t sage

▪              1/2 t italian seasoning

▪              ¼ cup bread crumbs

▪              1/4 cup tomato paste

 Steps:

1.             Preheat oven 350 degrees

2.             Saute onion, garlic and chilli on medium heat for a few minutes

3.         Smash about 1/3 of lentils and leave remaining whole

4.             Place the onion mixture and all the other ingredients into a bowl and mix well

5.             Pour into the prepared loaf pan

6.             Bake 50 minutes or until loaf is cooked through, a little brown around the edges

7.             Let the loaf sit in the pan for approximately 10 minutes before turning it out and slicing

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