Comments on: Lentil Shepherd’s Pie http://www.meatlessmonday.com/lentil-shepherds-pie/ one day a week, cut out meat Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:21:52 -0400 hourly 1 By: joey http://www.meatlessmonday.com/lentil-shepherds-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-1396 joey Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:06:41 +0000 http://www.meatlessmonday.com/?p=8288#comment-1396 Meatless Monday's mission is to cut out meat once a week to reduce saturated fat in order to prevent chronic disease. Replacing the meat with plant-based foods makes for a well-balanced diet, furthering our mission of disease prevention. All of our recipes are meatless, low in saturated fat and incorporate healthy alternatives so you can be replace meat with nutrient filled legumes, beans, gourds, grains, fruits and veggies. What defines a recipe as "healthy" can depend on an individual's dietary restrictions. The USDA daily sodium recommendation is 2,300 mg a day, so one serving of this Lentil Shepherd's Pie only has 1/4 of the average person's daily recommended sodium (while also containing almost 1/2 of a person's recommended dose of dietary fiber). For those with dietary restrictions, I encourage you to explore the right-hand topics column that appears after you click on recipes. Under this list of topics, you can click on a variety of dietary or cuisine specifications, which link to an archive of the type of recipes which fit your unique needs. For example, here's a link to our low-sodium recipe archive: http://www.meatlessmonday.com/tag/low-sodium/ -Joey Lee Executive Assistant Meatless Monday Meatless Monday’s mission is to cut out meat once a week to reduce saturated fat in order to prevent chronic disease. Replacing the meat with plant-based foods makes for a well-balanced diet, furthering our mission of disease prevention. All of our recipes are meatless, low in saturated fat and incorporate healthy alternatives so you can be replace meat with nutrient filled legumes, beans, gourds, grains, fruits and veggies.

What defines a recipe as “healthy” can depend on an individual’s dietary restrictions. The USDA daily sodium recommendation is 2,300 mg a day, so one serving of this Lentil Shepherd’s Pie only has 1/4 of the average person’s daily recommended sodium (while also containing almost 1/2 of a person’s recommended dose of dietary fiber).

For those with dietary restrictions, I encourage you to explore the right-hand topics column that appears after you click on recipes. Under this list of topics, you can click on a variety of dietary or cuisine specifications, which link to an archive of the type of recipes which fit your unique needs. For example, here’s a link to our low-sodium recipe archive:

http://www.meatlessmonday.com/tag/low-sodium/

-Joey Lee
Executive Assistant
Meatless Monday

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.meatlessmonday.com/lentil-shepherds-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 Carolyn Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:23:42 +0000 http://www.meatlessmonday.com/?p=8288#comment-1386 I agree 100% with Jessica. What I am seeing is that when a recipe is considered healthy and low fat it is too high in sodium - there has to be a balance. I agree 100% with Jessica. What I am seeing is that when a recipe is considered healthy and low fat it is too high in sodium – there has to be a balance.

]]> By: Joyce http://www.meatlessmonday.com/lentil-shepherds-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Joyce Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:38:01 +0000 http://www.meatlessmonday.com/?p=8288#comment-974 This was very tasty and that comment came from my husband who is a meat and potatoes man! I did cook the lentils and barley in half vegetable broth and water. I also only used 2 tablespoons of soy sauce (very low sodium) and didn't add the caraway seeds. I took a short cut and used instant packaged potatoes. This was very tasty and that comment came from my husband who is a meat and potatoes man! I did cook the lentils and barley in half vegetable broth and water. I also only used 2 tablespoons of soy sauce (very low sodium) and didn’t add the caraway seeds. I took a short cut and used instant packaged potatoes.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.meatlessmonday.com/lentil-shepherds-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Jessica Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:05:26 +0000 http://www.meatlessmonday.com/?p=8288#comment-761 Many of your recipes seem too high in sodium. Shouldn't you be modifying them a bit? I'm not sure about your mission. Is it about health or is it just don't eat meat? Some of your recipes don't seem all that healthy. Many of your recipes seem too high in sodium. Shouldn’t you be modifying them a bit? I’m not sure about your mission. Is it about health or is it just don’t eat meat? Some of your recipes don’t seem all that healthy.

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