Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, lentil loaf. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

I wanted to keep this lentil loaf recipe (aka vegan meatloaf) easy, with ingredients you may already have in your pantry. After doing a little digging, I was able to piece this together from a few resources. Most lentil loaf or other vegan meatloaf recipes rely on breadcrumbs to counteract the natural I might not be the first person to make a lentil loaf recipe but I think this is the only one you'll find that's made.

Lentil Loaf is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Lentil Loaf is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lentil loaf using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil Loaf:

1. Make ready 2 cup cooked lentils (Masoor dal, moon dal rajma, chana)
2. Make ready 1 onion chopped
3. Prepare 1 carrots diced
4. Make ready 2 celery stalks diced
5. Take 1/2 cup bell pepper diced
6. Prepare 3-3 mushrooms diced
7. Prepare 2 tbsp tomato paste
8. Get 1 tbsp bbq sauce
9. Make ready 2 cloves garlic minced
10. Get 1 tbsp flax meal
11. Take 1 tbsp dried parsley
12. Take 1/4 tsp pepper powder
13. Prepare to taste Salt
14. Get 1/2 cup quick rolled oats
15. Make ready 1/2 cup bread crumbs
16. Prepare Pinch brown or a simple sugar
17. Take as needed Tomato ketchup

For the loaf: Cook the lentils according to the package instructions. Press the lentil mixture firmly and evenly into the prepared loaf pan. Use a pastry roller to roll it out smooth and compact the mixture. The original recipe calls for a cup of cooked lentils, but I know that I had more than that.

Steps to make Lentil Loaf:

1. Preheat oven to 350°¢ and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. In a large pan saute onion, carrots, celery,, mushrooms, bell paper with a pinch of salt and pepper until softened on medium heat.
3. Add the garlic and saute another minute.
4. In a food processor pluse together the lentils, cooked vegetables, tomato paste, bbq sauce, flax meal, parsley, salt, pepper, oats and breadcrumbs.
5. Do not puree but blend into a chunky dough.
6. Place mixture on the prepared baking sheet and spread into a loaf shape.
7. Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and spread the ketchup on top or a garnish with your choice.

This is a base recipe for a lentil loaf, a plant-based alternative to a meatloaf. It's moist and meaty but at the same time light and nutritious and fairly easy to make. It is high in protein, fiber and iron. In addition, this vegan lentil loaf recipe fits perfectly on a festive table like vegan Thanksgiving or Christmas as well as ordinary business week dinner table. In fact, you can make a bigger batch (if.

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