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Lentil Stuffed Baked Potatoes & GIVEAWAY
Two of my biggest pregnancy cravings (well, aside from honey mustard and watermelon) have been potatoes and cheese. Put them together, add some lentils, and a meal is born.
Last year when working with the US Dry Pea & Lentil Council I only created very healthy recipes. This year I can’t help but gravitate toward healthy alternatives to junk food. Lentil stuffed baked potatoes, paired with a nice big salad, make a great summer dinner! Bake the potatoes ahead of time, and dinner can come together in 20 minutes or less.
Lentil Stuffed Baked Potatoes
Serves 2
Ingredients:
2 baking potatoes, scrubbed clean
1/2 cup green lentils, rinsed
2 cups water
paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt to taste
2.5 oz shredded cheese
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Wrap the potatoes in foil and bake for 1 hour or until they are soft. Meanwhile, bring the lentils and water to a boil in a small pot. Add the spices and salt to taste and turn the heat down to a simmer. When the water is gone (about 20 min) taste the lentils to see that they are cooked. If not add a bit more water. When they are done set aside. Remove the potatoes, slice in half and top with the lentils. Add the shredded cheese and pop back in the oven until the cheese is melted. Serve with a nice big salad and enjoy!
**Crumbled bacon added just before the cheese makes this even tastier. Try it!
*Note: I’m partnering with the U.S. Dry Pea & Lentil Council again this year, this time to create a few yummy gluten-free recipes. Remember my lentil recipes last year? They are still some of my favorites! I did receive some lentils and such from them, but since I buy them anyway it was a great fit for me. I hope you enjoy these recipes.
****DOUBLE GIVEAWAY ALERT!****
Le Creuset is offering a Farm Fresh Steamer Pan to one lucky winner!!!! I love love love steaming my vegetables, and now you can too! To enter, just leave a comment sharing how you will use this pan.
But wait, there’s more!!!
(OK, I have always really wanted to say that. Flashback to my 3 AM infomercial watching days!)
Chicago Metallic has offered a winged cookie sheet to one lucky winner!! I received this sheet too, and it is really amazing. The winged sides make it easy to take your baked goods out of the oven, and there is a rim all around to prevent your delicious treats from sliding off in the transfer. To enter this giveaway, please leave a comment sharing what gluten-free recipe you will make with it. Extra points if it includes lentils- not joking!
These giveaways end Friday, May 27 at 12 PM EST. You may receive an extra entry by tweeting about the giveaway. Just be sure to include @rhodeygirltests so I know you did.
Good luck!
PS- Please help me pick a diaper bag!
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I would love to win that pan, and be able to steam my veggies instead of spending money on thise plastic baggies that steam your veggies in the micorwave.
I’d love to get that pan to bake g-f lentil burgers:-)
I’d love that pot for steaming all veggies!
I’d love to win that steamer! As of right now I steam veggies in the microwave… which is obviously why I prefer roasted to steamed 🙂
I’d love to win that cookie sheet, but I’ll be honest, I’d have to google a gluten free recipe to make because I don’t know any off hand 🙂
My boyfriend has been asking for a steamer, and that pan would thrill him to no end! We both love kale, so we’d definitely use that pan to steam it and add it to a base of pasta and artichokes. Yum!
I don’t have a steamer – would love to win that! I loved steamed broccoli!
I’ve been playing with a plant based diet, so a steamer would certainly with that process!
I would love to steam veggies for all of us! (and that cookie sheet looks amazing…I don’t know any gluten free recipes though.)
Oh, the skip hop dash deluxe is my favorite diaper bag…and I went through a TON before settling on that one.
I would steam fresh artichokes in that pot! I have been on an artichoke kick lately- they are so good just steamed, no sauce needed.
I would love the pot to steam my veggies. I think my kids would love them steamed rather than in the microwave.
On the pan, I would make gluten free lentil burgers with Indian spices and a yogurt sauce on top. YUM
Ah this is amazing! I would DEFINITELY use it to steam veggies more and stop with my awful habit of using frozen veggies too often…
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I’m all about the fresh veggies, especially now that CSA season has begun.
Right now I put a dented steamer attachment from an old pot into another pot, and steam leaks out the dent. I’d love to have a fully functioning steamer. Especially for steaming dumplings.
Yess found a use for my extra lentils! 🙂 I would love the pan to make those potatoes!
I’d make some gluten free macaroons on that pan.
*I would love the sheet to make the potatoes. I would love the PAN to steam some broccoli!
I’d use the pan to make my mom’s famous gluten free burgers (which include lentils!!!)–the secret ingredient is salsa to make ’em spicy!
Love love love Le Creuset pot, I’d make some veggies and try (try being the operative word) to get my kids to eat some delish veggies!
love to use that pot to steam veggies instead of using my microwave, like I did last night!
I would figure out how to make flour out of dried lentils and then do gluten free browner butter cookies!
I would love that pot so that I can try to steam my own fresh veggies instead of depending on the frozen bagged ones. I bet freshly steamed veggies would taste amazing! 🙂
Awesome giveaway! I lost my steamer basket during a move last year, so that pot would be perfect as a replacement.
After I steamed up some broccoli, I would make gluten free macaroons.
I would LOVE to win the Le creuset pan! I have a little boy and another little boy also on the way due September 21st (and I am also from RI, so weird) :). With my first son I really wanted to steam and puree fruits and veggies to make my own baby food, but I had such a hard time doing it without the proper tools. If I could have a pan like this I am sure it will help make the most important step of baby food making so much easier with my 2nd son!
Also, I have two diaper bag recommendations for you.
1) Kate Spade Nylon Stevie baby bag (it has held up so well, it is soooo easy to clean and its super stylish)
2) Vera Bradley black quilted baby bag (I use this as a backup sometimes and love it..also very affordable)
So many fun giveaways. I have to admit I’m boring when it comes to the veggies I steam – spinach, carrots, etc. and as far as gluten free recipes go, I have to admit I’m not terribly knowledgeable. Maybe a black bean brownie. Are those gluten free?
I would steam sea food & veggies in the steamer.
On the cookie sheet, I would make french macarons & this awesome Gfree Chocolate pecan cookie!!!
I have never baked anything from scratch! I posted this Confession on my site and I received a lot of tweets! I have reccently tried to go gluten free. I’d probably make gluten free cookies to start since I am a new baker 🙂
I would steam asparagus. Yum!
I’d use the steamer to make steamed veggies!
I’d use the pan to make a lentil galette with gluten free puff pastry!
I would love to win the steamer so I can make some delicious veggies for my meals. I’ve been using the steam bags, but fresh veggies would be so much better!
As for the cookie sheet, I’d definitely whip up some delicious chocolate chip cookies.
omg, a steamer! i have been coveting a steamer for far too long. i would, hands-down, steam artichokes for the steamer’s maiden voyage! for most vegetables i can get by with microwaving, but for artichokes . . . nothing beats the steam 🙂
the cookie sheet looks so hand(le)y! i would no doubt bake a lot of things on that sheet (hi, m&m cookies!) but one favorite lentil based recipe that would make an appearance would be indian dal fritters. they are usually fried, but i always bake mine as a healthier option.
(i will basically eat anything with lentils + indian spices)
i would use the steamer for chard and kale — it’s perfect!
as for the cookie sheet, i would make a baked lentil “falafel” to top salad
great giveaway! i might even try to make some dim sum in there!
I would love that cookie sheet to try my hand at lentil chips!
i am gluten-free because of an allergy – that pan looks awesome! i love to make gluten free coconut cookies to eventually be used for whoopie pies 🙂
and for the steamer, gluten free steamed pork buns!
I would use the steamer all the time, for veggies. With the farms soon to be open we eat a lot of local veggies during the summer/fall. I also love adding steamed veggies to pasta, we do this at least once a week!
1 – I’d use the steamer for steaming vegetarian dumplings!
2 – I’d use the pan for making kale and lentil chips!
I’d love to win the steamer! I’d use it for fresh veggies, as well as for steaming fish, tamales, and perhaps my own chinese pork buns 🙂
I would use the steamer for steamed kale with onions and garlic- simple and delicious!
id so put that pan to use by making some spicy, cumin lentil burgers! and to go with them, some steamed cauliflower and steamed edamame!
your baby updates are just too cute !! and very informative!
I would use the Farm Fresh Streamer pan to make my stand by dish…Chicken, Pasta, & Broccoli. I would be able to cook the pasta in the pot below and steam my broccoli above. I would also be great because after everything was done cooking I could use the steamer portion to drain the pasta! One less dish to have to wash and would make my life a little easier!
@Lisa, That’s exactly what I do!! Cook the pasta below and steam the veggies on top!
I would use the steamer to make steamed fresh stringer beans, or my usual standby, broccoli… mmm… or French-cut grean beans. I don’t have a steamer pot and have been wanting one for a while.
I’d use the baking sheet to make gluten-free lentil burgers, of course! I love love LOVE veggie burgers and my sister-in-law has Celiac disease, so this pan would be a heck of an excuse to have them over for dinner. 🙂
Great contest!
I have a small,dinky steamer that I use constantly. I would absolutely love to have a nice steamer/pot 🙂
My favorite veggies to steam are asparagus, spinach and broccoli!