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Curry Lentil & Eggplant Lettuce Tacos

August 9, 2013 by Angela LeMoine 1 Comment

This Curry Lentil & Eggplant Lettuce Tacos recipe is a great example of clean eating, its full of flavor and packs tons of good for you stuff in there!!! I love me a good steak but I think its important to get in some meatless meals as well.

“Eat your veggies!” Something we have all been told as children and if you are a parent have said it a million times! Well what about as adults? Are you eating a balanced diet throughout the day? Sadly for most of us there are lots of nutritional gaps, basically like Swiss cheese! This is in part a huge reason I started incorporating more clean eating and Advocare wellness and fitness products.

There are lots of varieties of lentils, I used a basic brown lentil here but you can definitely use red or yellow! They have a nice meatiness to them and along with eggplant, sweet carrots, onion and garlic all flavored with a yellow curry paste… this made for a really nice vegetarian taco filling. Rather than a flour or corn tortilla, I used Romaine lettuce leaves and then finished off the tacos with a cool Greek yogurt & cilantro creme.

Curry Lentil & Eggplant Lettuce Tacos
serves 3

Romaine lettuce leaves
3/4 lentils, cooked according to directions (I threw a bay leaf into the pot)
1 large eggplant, diced
1 carrot, peeled and diced
1/2 onion, diced
3 garlic cloves
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 tsp yellow curry paste (use 1 tsp if you don’t like spice)
1 Tbsp water
plain non fat Greek yogurt
cilantro

In a large saute pan, over medium heat, add the oil, onions, carrots and garlic. Sauté until the carrot is softened.

Add in the eggplant and cook until softened as well. The eggplant doesn’t take too long to cook which is why you are adding it after the rest of the veggies.
Stir in the cooked lentils. In a small bowl mix the curry paste and water to loosen it then add it to the veggies and stir to combine.
Allow the veggies to cook just for a few more minutes to allow the flavors to meld nicely.
To cool off the spice a little bit lets make that crema which is just mixing together the Greek yogurt, some chopped cilantro, salt and pepper. I love cilantro but I know its one of those things you either love or hate, so if you are a cilantro hater just leave it out.
Assemble your tacos and enjoy!!!
Here are some other GREATR vegetarian recipes! 
Vegetarian Chili
Vegetarian Chili | LeMoine Family Kitchen . Incredibly hearty, healthy, vegetarian and vegan friendly chili!
Lemon Leek Risotto
I  absolutely love risotto! The creaminess, the endless possibilities of flavors and the simple comfort of a bowl of risotto. This Lemon Leek Risotto is so good. Simple ingredients, a little patience and big flavor. I think you'll be surprised at how easy it actually is to make this dish. 
Chickpea Cauliflower Curry
Chickpea Cauliflower Curry

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  1. Jagoda S

    August 9, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    What a healthy meal! That’s wonderful 🙂

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