Healthy Lentil Loafs

After making lentil and veggie soup twice, I figured I should expand my expertise of cooking with lentils to something other than soup. I saw a recipe on About.com for Lentil Carrot and Veggie Burgers, which I adapted into these healthy lentil loafs. I didn't have buns, therefore they are more like a (sans)meat loaf than a burger, but regardless of what is 'actually' is, they were pretty tasty. Nothing spectacular, and I'll probably make something different next time, but they were good while they lasted. I think I should have made some sort of sauce to go with them, because that would have brought them to another level. 

Oh, and I made them into hearts because it's officially close to Valentine's day, when everything becomes heart-related. 

1/4 cup finely chopped onion

1/4 cup finely shredded carrot

3 cups cooked lentils, mashed

3 Tbs. ketchup

3/4 C breadcrumbs, (roasted garlic and savory spices)

1 tsp minced garlic

garlic pepper, salt, rosemary to taste

1. Cook the onion and carrot in water until tender. (This seemed a little pointless to me... it's a tiny amount of onions and carrots... next time more!)

2. Drain off water and then combine all ingredients until well blended. 

3. Form into patties (or press into a heart shaped cookie cutter!) and stick under a broiler for 5 minutes on each side, or until browned. 

Alternatively, you could fry these in a frying pan with a bit of oil. I choose to consume my fat in the form of cupcakes, but to each his own. I think they probably would have been better that way, actually. 

Happy eating!