If you liked yesterday’s bean recipe you love this one even more using lentils as the protein ingredient in this hummus recipe. Lentils are more like peas since they grow in a pod and are available year round in either dry or cooked or prepackaged containers. The lentils can be purchases as whole beans or split into two halves in brown or green colored varieties at your local store.
Dry Lentil Beans
Lentils contain great amounts of manganese, folate, fiber, protein, Vitamin B1, potassium, iron, and tryptophan which is a natural relaxer! Lentils are consumed all over the world namely Africa, Turkey, India, China, and Syria. Usually they are eaten with barley or wheat and can be traced back to the Bible.
Lentils have great health benefits and will lower your cholesterol at the same time. Lentils can be used as a side dish, on a salad or with chopped vegetables as a main course. The Moroccan soups with their savory spices of coriander, tumeric, hot pepper, and tamari flavors are easy and quick to make for lunch or dinner.
