The Seed You Should Be Eating

Love your new look for fall! Lol.

Beverly Henderson

I like lentils cooked in broth with onions and garam masala. Delicious.

I have just learned that you can use beans to substitute for oil or eggs in baked goods--I did it with zucchini bread, and it was amazingly satisfying. I wonder if you could do that with lentils too--cook them in water, then puree with a bit of water to make the texture liquidy and measure like oil.

shris

shris

I have never had lentils! Great way to try them out but in a cake. Yum!!

Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers

I LOVE lentils - they are such a great source of protein, fiber & iron and they are easy to prepare. I've got a lot of favorites on my blog: http://www.semisweetonline.com/?s=lentil - the most recent is a light summery salad, perfect for hot days. I've never made sweets with lentils - going to bookmark this to make for unsuspecting family!

Sarah @ Semi-Sweet

When you think about cake, you don't often think about getting much protein, or oats for that matter...Really interesting recipe.

And I never would have guessed that there was that much lentil production in Canada.

Stan Starsky

@Stan Starsky - "And I never would have guessed that there was that much lentil production in Canada."

Me, neither! Thanks for the education, Snack Girl! (I'll pass on the lentil cake, though. Too much sugar for me.)

I make lentils in our rice cooker (motto: Not just for rice!) every few days and we keep a Tupperware of it in the fridge instead of the always-keep-a-can-of-black-beans-handy prescription mentioned in your https://snack-girl.com/snack/college-healthy-snacks/ post.

We have a huge farmer's market nearby and they carry very inexpensive lentils in a rainbow of colors. Every one I've tried has been great for cooking and about half, I've found, are great for sprouting.

Andy D

My favorite is lentil salad. A can of lentils and a can of chickpeas (rinsed to remove the excess salt), mixed with diced veggies (I use tomato, cucumber, red pepper, green onion and black olives), a dressing of olive oil and red wine vinegar, and a sprinkle of feta cheese. Yummy.

Or, remove the feta, add avacado and a jalapeño pepper, and you have a lentil salsa.

Melissa

Thank you, SG, for reminding me of lentils! The site you gave has some great recipes. I'm going to try to tweak this great-looking healthy cake a bit, we don't care for traditional sweetness in our family so it won't be hard; anyhoo my macrobiotic daughter will love this for her August birthday cake! I make my own pudding/glossy frosting: 1oz organic cocoa mixed w/1.5 Tbs. corn-starch, 1/2c cane sugar, 1/2c boiling water; cook n stir about 5 mins til thick, then add 1 tsp. vanilla and Tbs Smart Balance and voila! creamy healthy pudding! [or enough frosting for a sm. cake] I think if I replace the instant pudding with this and reduce the water, oil and flavoring it should work. I'm excited by several other recipes on the site, esp. the sprouts! the mushrooms, the porridge! All so healthy looking and sounding. Thank you again for interesting inspiring posts:)

Barb

I grew up in a big Italian family and foods like lentils were always on the menu. I've not eaten them for many years (got tired of them) but I will buy them to try this cake. I make a lot of your recipes for my lunch buddies and several people in my engineering group. I call them my "guinea pigs" because if I don't get good reviews on a recipe I never make it again. I'm going to try the canning next.

Noreen

Just gotta share one more tidbit. Andy had me looking back at your college tips post and I now remember where I got my turkish breakfast idea from! Snack Girl! I've enjoyed that breakfast of cuke/tom/feta twice this week with basil! Maybe I'll add a scoop of cooked lentils to that as well :)

Barb

I love being confused by chocolate cake. :) This recipe sounds great! Thanks!

Katie C

Very easy and fast to sprout. Add crunch to sandwiches and salads.

Jan F

@Jan F - I recently made a neat little lentil-potato snack:

- wrap a medium white potato in a damp paper towel and wrap that in a dishtowel, oven mitt, potato bag, whatever is safe to microwave

- microwave it for a few minutes (I find 4 minutes works for one potato)

- remove from microwave (careful, will be steaming hot!)

- cut up and mash

- add sprouted lentils (the black lentils taste a little "peppery" to me and I like that)

- season to taste (e.g., salt & pepper, Trader Joe's African Smoke spice, Tabasco sauce)

- mix it all together

(I was running late for a meeting yesterday and I popped this into a Solo cup and ate it with a spoon on the way!)

Andy D

I make a hearty vegetable soup and add lentils to that, it is very good!

EvaK

I never really eat lentils because I haven't found the right flavor profile that makes me *love* them yet. I need to check out those recipes so that I can benefit from their nutritional value!

Carrie @ Season It Already!

Wow, this is unique recipe. Never thought of lentils in cake. Thanks for sharing it.

Minnie(@thelady8home)

I made a traditional Indian dish, Dahl. When I made the recipe I found in Johnny Bowden's Healthy Recipe book it came out thick and pasty. My friend's mother is here visiting from Bombay and made authentic dahl which is supposed to be more of a rue or soup and delicious with garam masala to season.

Terry

Love that. It may not be super low in calories, but it is undoubtedly very filling. I have a chocolate cake bundt cake made with beets and zucchini that reminds me of this...a nourishing treat!

As for lentils, for a super quick lunch, I buy the vacuum sealed lentila sold in the refrigerated section of Trader Joes (surprisingly tasty), add diced raw veggies, a squeeze of lemon juice, squeeze of olive oil, salt and pepper. It's a speedy, mega nourishing salad.

Katie at Mom's Kitchen Handbook

How does the cake taste? Can you tell it has lentils in it or does it taste like a "normal" chocolate cake?

My favorite way to eat lentils is in dahl, topped with onions that have carmelized a bit.

Betsy

I love lentils! I include them in lots of soups, and this is my favorite: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/creamy-lentil-soup-10000000….

Michelle

i Love love love varied indian dal dishes, so amazing! However, I do have a lentil stew that I learned from some veggie friends:

1 bag dried lentils

2-3 cups veggie stock (I use chicken stock)

finely diced onion and garlic to taste (I use a whole medium onion and likely 5-6 cloves of garlic - I'm italian after all!)

a couple potatoes an sweet potatoes in medium cubes

Parsnip, sliced

Carrots, sliced

season to taste (I like black pepper, cayenne pepper, a bit of siracha)

I've added chicken to it and love it

I also vary the veggies and will add some peas when it's just about ready - I need some green!

I saute the onion and garlic first, then add all cut veggies together to mingle the flavors, then I add the lentils followed by the stock. within 45-60 mins it's ready to go (depends on the size of your veggies, especially the potatoes)

You can make it more a soup with more broth too.

delish!

Samantha

Lentils are great! I cook with them frequently, but I've never seen a lentil cake recipe. I'll definitely be giving this one a try!

Krissy

My favorite way to use lentils is in a soup I found in my Martha Stewart Everyday Food magazine years ago. I added more veggies to it - sliced mushrooms (added with all the other ingredients) and chopped fresh spinach (at the end, just put on top and allowed to wilt, then mixed in). I'm sure there are other veggies that would be good with this too, but that's all I've tried so far. I leave the croutons off though. It's delicious!!

http://www.marthastewart.com/315179/vegetarian-lentil-soup-…

Janet

I printed out the recipe, "old school gal here"

for my "Old Cookbook" and would like to make it!

I would recalculate it, using "lower fat, or some substitutions, ie wheat flour, eggbeater whites," to see if I can adjust some of it! But it sounds great!

Fran

I've never cooked lentils before...but I now have vegan lentil sloppy joes on my mind :-)

Julie

Can't wait to try it! You photo shows a bundt-style cake, but the recipe says to use a 13 x 9 pan. How long did you bake it in the bundt pan -- it looks prettier! :)

Emilina

That's so cool that you were here. Despite all the lentils produced in SK, we don't consume that much. I'm going to explore nutritious lentil recipes and eat local while I'm at it :)

Laura

My favourite go-to lentil recipe is French lentil soup with red lentils. Delish!

April

My uncle and two cousins farm up in SK. 30 years ago, they pretty much only grew wheat, barley and some flax. Now they grow 18+ crops, including chickpeas and lentils. Love the idea of using them in cake!

Margaret

my kids love this cake and imad cup cakes i think ill try it with stevie next time for less points the cake was the bomb

lorienn

would like this recipe with less sugar as I am watching my sugar intake

lou garza

I found that if you think it to sweet just use sugar substuite for half of the sugar, and know one will can tell it.

Karolen

I grew up in Saskatchewan and now live in Alberta and I didn't know that Canada is the top lentil producer. They are awesome to add into soups, chili's and yes baking. Love lentils and thank you for the cake recipe, gonna have to try it back home this spring during seeding to see how my farming relatives enjoy it!

Nicole

Popped lentils are amazing! Saute cooked lentils in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It becomes a dry finger food. Oh, yum!

Ericka B Hernandez