Alissa's Vegetarian Lentil Meatloaf

Name: Alissa's Vegetarian Lentil Meatloaf
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters bread crumbs; 184 grams tomato sauce; 118 milliliters shredded carrot; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 118 milliliters cooked brown rice; 355 milliliters French green lentils; 2 teaspoons dried thyme; 158 milliliters egg whites; 59 milliliters crushed flax seed; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 177 milliliters chopped onion; 118 milliliters chopped red bell pepper; 4 servings salt to taste; 59 milliliters wheat germ

Alissa's Vegetarian Lentil Meatloaf might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. This dairy free recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 30g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 516 calories. If you have wheat germ, tomato sauce, onion, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the flax seed you could follow this main course with the Fig ’n’ Flax Thumbprint Cookies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Measure the lentils into a saucepan and fill with enough water to cover them by 1 inch. Bring to a boil, and cook until tender, about 45 minutes. Check occasionally and add more water if needed.

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Lentils

Water

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Sauce Pan

Drain and set aside to cool.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan.

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Loaf Pan

Oven

In the bowl of a food processor, combine the onion, carrot, bell pepper and wheat germ. Pulse until finely chopped.

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Bell Pepper

Wheat Germ

Carrot

Onion

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Food Processor

Bowl

Transfer to a bowl.

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Bowl

Put the lentils into the food processor and process into a paste. Spoon the lentils into the bowl with the vegetables and mix in the rice, bread crumbs, flax seed, egg whites, tomato sauce and olive oil. Season with thyme, cayenne pepper and salt. Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf pan.

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Cayenne Pepper