🥗 Dinner⏱ ≈ 20 min🍲 Lentils · 🥕 Carrot · 🧅 Onion · 🍅 Tomato
Lentils with carrot and tomato
A simple home plate for dinner: each ingredient is cooked separately and arranged on the plate following the Healthy Eating Plate.
Ingredients
- 🍲 Lentils — 60 g dry (or 150 g cooked)
- 🥕 Carrot — 1 medium
- 🍅 Tomato — 1–2 pieces
- 🧅 Onion — ½ small
Instructions
- Rinse the lentils and simmer for 15–20 minutes until tender, salt at the end.
- Wash and slice the carrot and tomato — serve them fresh.
- Slice the onion thinly — add to the vegetables.
- Plate it up: half vegetables, a quarter protein.
Make it tastier
🧄 GarlicMakes the aroma richer — add to the oil at the start or raw into the dressing.
🌶️ Pepper or chiliA pinch adds heat and warmth.
🌿 Fresh herbsDill, parsley or cilantro add freshness at the end.
🫙 Soy sauceA tablespoon at the end of frying instead of salt — the taste gets deeper.
Plate structure
🥦 Vegetables & fruit · ½
Carrot, Tomato, Onion
🌾 Whole grains · ¼
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🥩 Protein · ¼
Lentils
🫒 Healthy fats
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Plate balance: Almost there: missing carbs
This is a perfectly good dish, but there is room to grow toward the classic plate. For a fuller meal you could add: 🌾 a good carb source — grains, whole-grain bread or potatoes.
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