red lentil balls- servings for 8
Ingredients:

2 cups red lentils
1 cup fine bugur
4 cups water
1 large onion, finely chopped
2 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoon of red flake pepper
2 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of black pepper
1 Teaspoon of tomato paste
5-6 scallions, chopped
½ bunch parsley, chopped
4 table spoons of olive oil

Rinse lentils and simmer in 4 cups of water till very soft(stirring frequently towards the end to prevent sticking.) Remove from heat and add bulgur, cover and let sit for 15-20 minutes. Stir onion in a little vegetable oil in a pan, add pepper paste when it gets completely transparent. Cool it and then add it to the lentil-bulgur mixture, along with all the rest of the ingredients. Make sure to mix all ingredients all together and form into balls by your hands. Serve each of the balls seasoned with a few drops of lemon juice, as is or accompanied by romaine lettuce leaves.

Zucchini cake/quiche- serving for 4

Ingredients:

2 zucchinis
1 carrot(optional)
1 sweet potato(optional)
1/2 cup of spinach
1 egg
1 onion, finely chopped
2 Tablespoons of whole grain flour(wheat/oat/rye etc)
5 springs each Dill and parsley, or to taste
1/2 cups of non fat feta cheese or any cheese you like
1 teaspoons of baking soda
1 coffee spoons of Ground Red pepper
Salt, black pepper to taste

Chope onion finely, and mince parsley and dill. Grate zucchini(make it in a slow mode if you use food processor, do not let all the juice come out), spinach, potatoes,carrot sperately. put the olive oil in a pan and stir the onions until they get transparent, add carrots stir for one minute , then potatoes, stir for two more minutes and add spinach They should not be completely cooked, just a little bit softened. cool it and mix all these and all other ingredients. Put this mixture in a pyrex with grease proof paper on the bottom(or you can use tart tray) and cook it in preheated 360F oven until the top is browned. Optionally you can serve with non fat yogurt, hot or cold.

Red Cabbage Salad

Ingredients

1 whole red cabbage
3-4 scallions
1 Table spoon chopped parsley
lettuce(as much as you like)
1 Table spoon olive oil/1 coffee spoon light mayo
sodium reduced salt
1 cup vinegar
Juice of ½ lemon

Slice red cabbage thinly, and sprinkle liberally with salt. rub with the salt, then wash well. Add vinegar and enough water to cover and allow to rest a few days in a glass jar. Chop scallions and parsley, lettuce and mix with a portion of the cabbage in a deep bowl, and season with olive oil and lemon. The remaining red cabbage can be kept in the vinegar water and will not spoil, it is ready for use at any time.

Lentil Salad- serving for 4
Ingredients

2 cups green lentils
1/2 cup crushed walnuts
1 cup parsley
1 cup dill/fresh optional to taste
4-5 scallions/ half cup of onions if you don't have them
Juice of 1 lemon
sodium reduces salt, black pepper, red pepper
2 table spoons of Olive oil

Boil lentils till tender but not mushy. Chop parsley, dill/mint and scallions finely. Mix all ingredients and serve cold.