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The easiest, yummiest red lentil recipe👇🏾

Red lentils have easily become a staple part of my diet. They’re super quick and simple to prepare. Food is fuel and lentils are like premium grade, full of protein, fiber, and other micro nutrients. Here’s how I like to make them:

Ingredients:
2 cups red lentils - washed and drained
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 can unsweetened coconut cream
1 onion - diced
1 bell pepper - diced
4 cups of vegetable broth or water
2 tbsp high heat oil
1 tbsp ginger
1 tbsp garlic
1 tbsp spicy curry powder
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp coriander
2-3 tbsp brown sugar (to taste)
Salt to taste

~add diced onions, ginger and garlic to heated pot with oil. Sauté for 1 min
~add the remaining spices and sauté for another 3min, stirring frequently to prevent burning
~stir in the broth (or water), crushed tomatoes, and red lentils. Simmer for about 15 minutes
~add coconut cream and diced bell peppers. Simmer for another 5-10 minutes - until lentils are soft
~add brown sugar and salt to taste

I had red lentils with vegan whole wheat naan bread here and it was sooo good. It goes well with rice, quinoa, potatoes, veggies, avo toast - basically everything! Save this and try it out yourself (:

When in doubt, make Buddha bowls.

For real though, they’re the perfect “idk what to eat” meal. That exact thought is what led me to make this simple and yummy Buddha bowl. I used:

🥬 Three vegetables - spinach spring mix, avocado topped with h**p seeds, and roasted sweet potatoes (I def left the potatoes in a lil bit too long, but trusttt me they still hit)

🌾 Two grains - jasmine rice and quinoa boiled together

🧆 One plant protein - spiced and roasted chickpeas

Whenever you feel like you have no food (which really means nothing readily eatable right😅), look through your kitchen to see if you can manage to find at least one vegetable, one grain, one plant protein, and maybe some kinda sauce/dressing. And just like that, you have the makings of a Buddha bowl!

What kind of Buddha bowl would you make with what you have in your kitchen right now? 👇🏾