My husband and friend Danielle kept telling me about this lentil bowl that they are obsessed with and how they love to eat it for lunch all the time. It being the new year and us being obsessed with sticking to our healthy game plan (at least for a month!) they were trying to figure out how they could have it at home- not just as a “work lunch.”

Of course, I was like “well I can do that! Just tell me what’s in it!” and so that is how I got this description: Lentils, zucchini, onions, carrots, bell pepper and a tahini broth.

I love lentils. And I really love that they sell pre-cooked lentil at Trader Joes. I had tons of veggies on hand and because I almost always have extra cooked quinoa in the fridge I had to throw that in as well. And I totally winged it for the tahini broth- but it certainly tasted good to me! I don’t think what I came up with was anything really like what they eat at work (I will have to go to try it!) but it was totally delicious and would make for a healthy and very easy hot lunch any day of the week!   This is what you do: Prep the vegetables, quinoa and lentils first.

Prepare a large bowl filled with the cooked quinoa, cooked lentils and the fresh zucchini, shallots, carrots and bell peppers. Bring the 2 cups of vegetable broth to a boil. In a blender puree the tahini sauce ingredients until smooth. If it needs a little liquid to make it puree more smoothly then add a few tablespoons of the hot broth. When it is smooth, add the boiling broth to the blender and briefly puree (careful!) just until the tahini sauce is incorporated into the broth. Pour the very hot broth over the vegetables. The hot broth will heat and slightly cook everything. Season to taste with kosher salt.