{"id":23853,"date":"2026-08-02T17:17:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=23853"},"modified":"2026-08-02T17:17:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:17:38","slug":"green-lentil-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/green-lentil-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Lentil Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><i>A dense, protein-packed flourless bread made from blended green lentils \u2014 naturally gluten-free.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Makes 8 servings<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Ingredients<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25cf <\/span>1 cup green lentils, rinsed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25cf <\/span>2 cups water (for soaking lentils)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25cf <\/span>1\/4 cup rolled oats<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25cf <\/span>1 tsp baking powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25cf <\/span>1\/2 tsp salt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25cf <\/span>2 tbsp olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25cf <\/span>2 garlic cloves<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25cf <\/span>3 tbsp water (for blending batter)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Instructions<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Soak the lentils.<\/b> Place lentils in a bowl and cover with 2 cups water. Soak for at least 6 hours or <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">overnight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Drain.<\/b> Drain the soaked lentils well and discard the soaking water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Blend the batter.<\/b> Add drained lentils, oats, baking powder, salt, olive oil, garlic, and 3 tbsp water to a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">blender. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Blend until completely smooth, like a thick pancake batter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Preheat oven.<\/b> Preheat your oven to 375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C). <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Grease a small loaf pan (about 8&#215;4 inches).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Bake.<\/b> Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top, and bake for about 45 minutes, until <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">golden and a toothpick comes out clean.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Cool and slice.<\/b> Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">completely before slicing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Notes<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><i>This bread is dense and moist, more like a savory lentil loaf than fluffy wheat bread. Great toasted with butter or<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><i>topped with avocado. Add herbs like rosemary or chopped scallions to the batter for extra flavor.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dense, protein-packed flourless bread made from blended green lentils \u2014 naturally gluten-free. Makes 8 servings Ingredients \u25cf 1 cup green lentils, rinsed \u25cf 2 cups water (for soaking lentils) \u25cf 1\/4 cup rolled oats \u25cf 1 tsp baking powder \u25cf 1\/2 tsp salt \u25cf 2 tbsp olive oil \u25cf 2 garlic cloves \u25cf 3 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/green-lentil-bread\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Green Lentil Bread&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread-starch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23854,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23853\/revisions\/23854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}