Lentil recipes

Struggle to get your five-a-day? This superhealthy lentil ragu will get you four steps closer and can be frozen for extra convenience

Enjoy this filling vegetarian soup with red lentils, carrots and leeks. It's low in calories and fat, and delivers three of your five-a-day

Swap out the parsnips for sweet potatoes if you like in this sausage dish cooked in an air fryer. With just 15 minutes’ prep, it's a quick win for cold nights

Serve this tasty beetroot, chickpea and lentil tabbouleh as a side dish or vegan main. It's healthy, gluten-free, low-calorie and three of your five-a-day

Make this butternut squash and lentil salad for a low-calorie, gluten-free lunch or dinner, or as a side dish. It's easy to make, with just a few ingredients

Enjoy this hearty beef, lentil and oat porridge originating from Pakistan. It's slow-cooked, then served with naan and lots of spicy, tangy toppings

Enjoy this classic Indian dhal. Known for its Ayurvedic properties, our version is easy to prepare and full of flavour

This one-pot wonder delivers three of your five-a-day and makes a fuss-free dinner solution on a busy day. With sausages, lentils and veg, it's filling too

A comforting vegan one-pot recipe that counts for 3 of your 5-a-day! You can't go wrong with this iron-rich, low-fat, low-calorie supper

Our fast, cheap and healthy vegetarian lentil curry, is comforting and full of flavour. It's also low in fat and freezable for speedy midweek meals.

This quick and easy curry has such great depth of flavour – it tastes like it’s been cooked for hours. It's healthy too, as well as being low in fat and calories

Make a flavourful veggie main of lentils with spring greens and a watercress walnut pesto. It’s a healthy supper, delivering four of your 5-a-day

Try making these lentil-filled snacks. A popular street-food in India, they're perfect for entertaining or as an afternoon pick-me-up

Serve this tasty, healthy dhal as a vegetarian main meal or side dish. Adding tamarind to the lentils delivers fabulous sweet and sour flavour

A great storecupboard salad, topped with golden brown halloumi and quick, homemade pickled red onion

Make a batch of kitchari, a soothing, dhal-like dish linked to Ayurvedic cleanses (an ancient system of alternative medicine from India) for a healthy supper.

Try these protein-packed lentil and oat balls blitzed with ras el hanout for a quick and easy weeknight meal. Serve over couscous with our olive salsa

This dhal from Lucknow 49 uses mung beans cooked in milk, and is gently spiced and comforting. Serve as a main or side dish – it's a great veggie partner to an Indian feast

Enjoy the health benefits of salmon in this dish, or make a vegan version (see tip, below). Save leftover lentils for quick meals later in the week

A storecupboard spice pot with red and green lentils, chickpeas and coriander. Serve with yogurt and naan bread

These whole roasted broccoli stalks with a nutty tahini yogurt and puy lentils make a hearty veggie main that hungry guests can help themselves to

Freeze the dhal base of this curry for busy weeknights. It's cheap, easy and really versatile – simply defrost and add prawns, veg or meat

A healthy tomato 'pasta' dish that makes full use of your spiralizer. This vegan-friendly supper is five of your five-a-day and will fill you to the brim

Pack in four of your 5-a-day with a bowl of these spiced veggie lentils. Make your own gluten-free naan to scoop it up, or use shop-bought