Lentil & Veggie Bake | Bariatric Lentil Recipe for after Bariatric Surgery
Lentil Bake | Great for Soft Food Phase after Weight Loss Surgery
Try our “Very Veggie” Bariatric Lentil Recipe
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After bariatric surgery, there are several phases to your post-op diet. One that can be difficult to cook for is the “soft food” phase, or phase 3. At this point, the patient has progressed past puree’s, but is still limited to soft foods to ease digestion.
Our lentil & veggie bake packs in nutrients and is perfect for stage 3 (soft food) of the bariatric diet after weight loss surgery. Try this if you are looking for a bariatric lentil recipe.
Many people are familiar with lentil soup, but this veggie bake is our twist on making the ordinary, extraordinary. This bariatric lentil recipe is very filling, high protein, and doubles as a great vegetarian recipe. How much better can it get?! Plus it makes enough for meal prep for the week. This is a tasty treat for the VSG diet or the RNY gastric bypass diet.
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“Very Veggie” Bariatric Lentil Recipe | Bariatric Surgery Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup lentils
1 large onion chopped
1 cup mushroom chopped
1 carrot chopped
1 bunch parsley chopped
1 bunch dill chopped
1 bunch green onions chopped
2 tsp thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
2 eggs
Total Nutrition Per Serving (if divided into 4 servings):
Calories: ~119 kcal
Protein: ~8.8g
Carbs: ~16.1g
Fat: ~2.7g
Directions
- Boil lentils for 15 mins and remove from heat
- Strain and place in a separate bowl
- Add onion, mushroom, carrots to pan and sauté for 10 min
- Pour vegetable mixture over lentils in a bowl
- Add parsley, dill, green onions, thyme, salt, pepper, to the bowl and mix
- Add in 2 eggs and mix thoroughly
- Grease oven-safe dish and transfer mixture to dish
- Bake at 350° for 30-40 min
- Serve & enjoy!
If you make this recipe, post, follow and tag us on social media! We love seeing how our blogs can help bariatric patients continue to make healthy choices and maintain wellness years post surgery. That’s what we’re all about at WLS Afterlife! Whether you’ve had the gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, lap band, gastric balloon, or any other kind of weight loss surgery- we have recipes for you.
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We recommend our WLS Afterlife viewers follow their doctor’s dietary guidelines, regardless of our recipe instructions. WLS Afterlife is dedicated to presenting new bariatric-friendly meals weekly so you can continue to enjoy the life you’ve worked so hard to enjoy! If we listed an ingredient you were told to avoid, write to us so we may provide you with plenty of other tasty alternatives. You should also stick with the bariatric portion sizes recommended by your surgeon or clinic.
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