{"id":3957,"date":"2026-01-18T09:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/23-lentil-recipes-that-go-beyond-soup\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T09:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:03:48","slug":"23-lentil-recipes-that-go-beyond-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/23-lentil-recipes-that-go-beyond-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Lentil Recipes That Go Beyond Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-hook=\"client-content\" data-testid=\"BodyWrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>While we love cooking with beans, it\u2019s time to give lentil recipes their due. Unlike many dried beans\u2014which often need an overnight soak or a spin in an Instant Pot\u2014lentils cook quickly on the stovetop, usually in about 30 minutes. From fall-apart tender red lentils to sturdy French green or beluga varieties that hold their shape, there\u2019s a lentil recipe for every mood and meal.<\/p>\n<p>This recipe collection shows just how approachable, versatile, and budget-friendly lentils can be. Cook a big batch of the tiny, tender legumes once and turn it into a week\u2019s worth of meals: crispy fried lentils for grain bowls, cozy soups, marinated lentils that get better the longer they sit, hearty lentil burgers, quick dals, savory pasta sauces, and protein-packed salads. Scroll on to discover our favorite lentil recipes\u2014and plenty of inspiration for putting lentils on repeat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we love cooking with beans, it\u2019s time to give lentil recipes their due. Unlike many dried beans\u2014which often need an overnight soak or a spin in an Instant Pot\u2014lentils cook quickly on the stovetop, usually in about 30 minutes. From fall-apart tender red lentils to sturdy French green or beluga varieties that hold their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[381,436,379],"class_list":["post-3957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-dinner","tag-lentil","tag-weeknight-meals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FGFP-Loaded-Sweet-Potato-Horizontal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}