Balsamic Eggplant with Lentils & Goat Cheese

6 –Eggplant ½ cup (125 mL) balsamic vinegar 2 Tbsp (30 mL) canola oil 1 Tbsp (15 mL) whole grain mustard 2 Tbsp (30 mL) honey ½ tsp (2 mL) red pepper flakes ¼ tsp (1 mL) salt 1 (1¼ lb/625 g) eggplant, cut into ¼ inch slices –Lentils & Base ¾ cup (175 mL)

Baked Oatmeal with Berries & Lentils

This simple baked oatmeal with berries makes an easy, hearty breakfast – and you’ll never notice the lentils slipped in for added protein and fibre! (Adapted from the baked oatmeal in Super Natural Every Day, by Heidi Swanson).

Baked Maple Orange Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes can be roasted directly on the oven rack alongside your turkey, roast, or other main dish. With more moisture than a regular baked potato, these can also be roasted ahead of time and reheated.

Baked Lentil Biscuits

Part of our Hidden HealthyTM collection of recipes where we show you unique ways of incorporating lentils into your food, unsuspecting to the picky eater’s eye!

Baked Eggs with Lentils, Peppers & Tomatoes

8 1 tsp (5 mL) cumin 1 tsp (5 mL) coriander 2 large onions, thinly sliced 2 Tbsp (30 mL) olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 4 bell peppers (mixture of yellow, orange, red), sliced into ½ inch (1cm) strips 1 Tbsp (15 mL) honey 2 bay leaves 1 Tbsp (15 mL) chopped thyme ½

Bacon Lentil Burrito by Chef Michael Smith

My kids love these burritos but they don’t know why. I do though. Lentils are flavour sponges. Lentils do such a good job absorbing the bright sunny flavours of the southwest that no one notices the missing **** in this burrito. They notice the crisp smoky bacon though! Michael