How to cook lentils on New Year's Eve: 10 delicious vegan recipes without cotechino and zampone

How to cook lentils on New Year's Eve? Here is a collection of delicious and original recipes to enjoy them at their best, without cotechino and zampone

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How to cook lentils on New Year's Eve? Here is a collection of delicious and original recipes to enjoy them at their best, without cotechino and zampone

Eat the lentils a New Year brings money and luck, as a well-known traditional saying reminds us. Lentils are a beneficial food and a valuable source of iron, so we invite you to experiment with them recipes that we offer you not only on the occasion of the end of year holidays, but also for the next 12 months that await you.

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Dahl of lentils

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An exotic (and cruelty free) way to serve lentils on New Year's Eve could be to cook lentil Dahal, the Indian recipe with turmeric and ginger. For excellent results, we recommend using peeled red lentils.

Here the step-by-step recipe and ingredient list to prepare a perfect lentil Dahl.

Rice and lentils

Rice and lentils, a nutritious, complete and very economical dish to prepare, suitable for both lunch and dinner, but which you can also offer to open the New Year's Eve dinner. Remember to stir your rice occasionally during cooking to prevent sticking and sticking flavor it with herbs such as rosemary, bay leaf and sage. Follow the complete recipe here. For an even more nutritious dish, choose brown rice.

Vegetable meatballs of red lentils

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Lentils are a very versatile basic ingredient for the preparation of homemade meatballs. You can use them, once cooked, in combination with tofu and with mixed spices, to which you can add a little breadcrumbs, to give shape to vegetarian or vegan meatballs. Discover the recipe for vegetable meatballs with red lentils.

Spinach and lentil meatballs on Jerusalem artichoke cream

The spinach and lentil meatballs on Jerusalem artichoke cream are perfect as a main course or as an original appetizer that will make young and old happy. Here is the complete recipe to follow.

Lentil vegetable burger

Lentils are a perfect basic ingredient for the preparation of Veggie burgers. After boiling them, drain and blend them with a blender or immersion blender. Add a drizzle of oil and a few tablespoons of breadcrumbs to obtain a workable mixture; season with aromatic herbs and spices and shape your veggie burgers with your hands. Cook in the oven or in a pan with a drizzle of oil until golden brown.

Here the complete recipe

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Fregola with lentils and courgettes

The fregola, or regulate, it's a wheat semolina pasta hard typical of Sardegna. Its preparation is identical to that of classic pasta. Lentils are an excellent condiment to accompany it, combined with seasonal vegetables cut into cubes and browned in a pan. In autumn and winter, for example, you can use fennel or cauliflower.

Here is the complete recipe for fregola with lentils and zucchini

Lentil soup

The lentil soup is a very simple and perfect recipe to brighten up those slightly cold evenings, in which only a good soup can warm us up. When combined with carbohydrates it becomes a complete dish. A cruelty free recipe perfect to be served at midnight on New Year's Eve to those who follow a vegetarian or vegan diet. Here the complete recipe.

Lentil tartlets

The lentil tartlets are perfect to be served for the New Year's Eve dinner or simply for an aperitif with friends, easy to make, they can also be prepared in advance and served quietly at room temperature.

Here you will find the complete recipe.

Vegetarian lentil meatloaf with Worcester sauce

Lentils and potatoes are a great pairing for a perfect vegetarian meatloaf. Simple to prepare and tasty to eat, this one vegetarian lentil meatloaf with Worcester sauce it will surely appeal to young and old alike; it will be possible prepare in advance and can then be served either hot or at room temperature.

Here is the complete recipe to follow step by step.

Purifying soup of red lentils

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Here is an excellent recipe to prepare the following New Year's Eve to purify the body from the party binges. You will need to cook the lentils along with carrots, celery, onions and spices. Then blend everything with the hand blender.

Here is the complete recipe for the purifying soup of red lentils, turmeric and ginger.

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