Lunch

Lentil and Walnut Lettuce Cups

Name: Lentil and Walnut Lettuce Cups
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 160 g Cooked lentils; 12 g Walnuts; 120 g Little gem lettuce; 30 g Spring onion; 1 tbsp (15 g) Tamari; Juice of one Lime juice; One, chopped Fresh red chilli; A handful Fresh mint; A handful Fresh coriander; 1 tsp (4 g) Toasted sesame oil; A thumb, grated Fresh ginger

Warm lentils and toasted walnuts dressed with lime, tamari and chilli, spooned into little gem leaves. Pulses and nuts; nothing dairy. 19 g of protein for 337 kcal.

Calories: 337kcal
Protein: 19g
Fat: 13g
Carbs: 37g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Tree nuts
Soya
Sesame

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Ingredients

Cooked lentils160 g
Cooked weight, green or brown. A pouch is already this.
Walnuts12 g
Little gem lettuce120 g
One head, leaves separated and kept whole.
Spring onion30 g
Tamari1 tbsp (15 g)
Lime juiceJuice of one
Fresh red chilliOne, chopped
Fresh mintA handful
Fresh corianderA handful
Toasted sesame oil1 tsp (4 g)
Fresh gingerA thumb, grated

Method

Toast the walnuts in a dry pan for three minutes until they smell nutty, then chop roughly.
Warm the lentils in the same pan with the sesame oil, ginger and the white parts of the spring onion for three minutes.
Off the heat, stir in the tamari, the lime juice, the chilli and the walnuts. Taste it. It should be sharp and salty, since the lettuce brings nothing but crunch.
Spoon into the lettuce leaves and top with torn mint and coriander. Eat with your hands.

Worth knowing

The dish is about the dressing. Lime and tamari on warm lentils, with a hot chilli, is the whole point; underseason it and it is lentils in lettuce.
Twelve grams of walnuts is about three halves and just over 80 kcal. They carry most of the fat on the plate.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.