Meaty Lentil Fajita with Chilli Salsa and cool Yogurt
A criticism of Low-Carb diets is the high meat content. 1 to 2 days a week, meat-free is a healthy approach which I have practiced for years. So check it out and see how introducing carbs such as beans and lentils affect your weight-loss and weight maintenance. They are a great source of fibre and are filling foods.
Makes 4 fajita’s – 2 each
1 serving: Carb 28g Kcals 403
One Serving
| Fibre | Protein | Carbohydrate | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10g | 19g | 28g | 24g |
Ingredients
A) Lentil dish
1x 400g tin Lentils Vertes (darkest ones you can get)
1 x 5g olive oil
half a vegetable stock cube (or beef) if you fancy it
1 tsp tomato puree
6g, 1 large clove garlic
10g, 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
3g, half teaspoon ground cumin
4g, 2 heaped teaspoons dried oregano
2, a pinch of cayenne chilli pepper
Handful fresh coriander, finely chopped
B) Veggies for the wrap
150g, 1 medium large green pepper, sliced thinly
20g, half a small red onion, cut into thick slithers
1 x 5 g olive oil
5g, 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
4g, 2 teaspoon of dried oregano
Sauce Fillers
40g Chilli Salsa
40g Luxury Greek yoghurt
20g, grated cheddar cheese
2 to 3 jalopeno peppers (from jar)
C)Wrap
Your choice of wholemeal wrap for the rest of the family
On low-carbohydrate, use a few large iceberg lettuce leaf
D)Relish Side dish
140g, half a cucumber, diced
140g, 16 cherry tomatoes cut into quarters
half a lime, juiced
25g, 2 thin rings of onion, chopped finely
1 red chilli
5g, 5 to 6 mint leaves chopped finely
5g, small handful chopped fresh coriander
Method
- The chilli hit for this dish is the salsa. The dish comes together really quickly – just chop the cucumber, tomatoes, chilli and the herbs and toss them and the lime juice together and leave for the flavours to fuse together. Use the left-over mint herb to flavour your drinking water.
- Grate the cheese and portion out the yogurt
- Empty the tin into a sieve and rinse the lentils very well under a cold tap. Allow to sit in the sieve on the side of the sink and drain
- Slice the green pepper, red onion, finely chop the coriander, crush the garlic
- Add 1 teaspoon olive oil to a frying pan and sprinkle in the oregano, paprika and cumin and pile the lentils on top and mix together. As the lentils dry in the pan, add in 50ml of stock water at a time (I added 100ml in total) and cook the lentils until they get a little mushy.
- Add the fresh coriander to the lentils and the tomato puree and season it and taste. These lentils will look like meat to your kids if you are trying to get more plant food into them. You might need to create a story!
- Fry the green pepper and red onion, sprinkling with the herbs on a highest heat (7) for just 2 minutes with a lid on top of the frying pan, shaking the pan often. Just 2 minutes though to keep them crunchy.
- Warm the wrap in a microwave or briefly under the grill OR pre-wash and dry the lettuce leaf
- Finally serve them all up separately – a lentil dish, a pepper and onion dish, the yoghurt and dish portion. Everyone can now wrap their own fajita. I found the iceberg lettuce perfect.
