Aside learning I’m not lazy in the kitchen, with Marissa’s help I’ve realized that making dinner for myself after a long day of teaching and training doesn’t have to take a huge effort and an exhausting amount of time. You see, I’m slow in the kitchen. If a recipe says it takes thirty minutes to make, it takes me an hour. Can someone explain this to me?
What I’ve learned is that prepping is key. While I don’t always succeed at doing this, I’m getting better.
One of my favorite dinner in a hurry recipes requires prepping lentils and a grain (quinoa, brown rice or what ever I have on hand). Within minutes of walking in the front door I have a healthy, delicious homemade meal ready to eat.
Garlicky Lentil Greens
Ingredients:
– 2 cups of baby spinach leaves
– 1 cup of broccoli florets
– 1/2 cup cooked brown rice (can use any whole grain)
– 1/2 cup cooked lentils
– 1 garlic clove (minced)
– 1/2 tsp olive oil
– dash of sea salt
Directions:
Heat oil in pan over medium heat. Add minced garlic and cook until fragrant. Add 1 cup of chopped broccoli florets to pan. Cook for 5-7 minutes. Add spinach to the mixture and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Add in 1/2 cup of cooked lentils and 1/2 cup of cooked brown rice. Mix ingredients together in pan until warm. Remove from heat. Add salt to taste. Mix and serve immediately.
Serves: 1
The best part about this recipe is you can use what ever grains, or greens you have on hand and it’s easy to double to make enough for two!
This sounds so delicious! I discovered pre-made lentils at Whole Foods and it would make this recipe even more quick and easy 🙂
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I love lentils but even the 10 minutes required for their prep sometimes feels too long for me. Now pre-made lentils, that’s a thought!
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If you aren’t opposed to the canned version there’s also an organic brand of canned ones that I buy when I’m really scrapped for time.
I love this! Definitely adding it to my list of fiber-rich recipes to try.
Ooh! I love the looks of this. Definitely putting it in the rotation.
That sounds good to me! I shared it with my husband to see if he wants to make it. He’s our cook since I am also slow. It is all about the prep. Some people can cut an onion so fast (for example) – not me!
Sounds good – thank you for sharing 🙂
This sounds so tasty! And I actually just bought green lentils for the first time and was like wtf will I do with these? Def making this when I get back to the city 🙂
Perfect! Sounds great! I’m definitely going to make this next time I know I’m going to be getting home late-ish.