4 lentil vegetable dumplings Recipes

dry lentils, water, carrots, peeled and sliced, celery ribs, peeled and sliced, onion, peeled and sliced, bouillon cubes or 1 tsp salt, garlic powder, black pepper, vegetable oil, eggs or 3 tbsp milk, milk, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar

stew, half a kilo of stewing beef or any cut you prefer chopped into 1 inch cubes, onions chopped roughly, carrots sliced (not to thin), sized swede (chopped ), fennel bulb (chopped ), pumpkin (skinned and chopped ), celery (de stringed and sliced), meduim to large old potoatos (chopped) or 10 new potatos cut in half., minature marrows (sliced ), button mushrooms left whole, half a cup of red lentils, half a cup of pearl barley, good pinch of salt and pepper, dried herbs, vegetable stock cube, beef stock cube, gravy thickening granuals, enough water to just cover the stew ingredients for cooking, dumplings, self raising flour, vegetarian suet or beef suet, good pinch of salt and pepper. you can add herbs if you wish but use sparingly.

oil or 1 tbsp butter, leeks, washed and sliced, carrots, washed, scraped and sliced, cabbage, washed and shredded, swede or 1 small turnip, peeled and cubed, tomatoes , deseeded and chopped, stalks celery, washed and sliced, bay leaves, thyme, oregano, salt, pepper, vegetable bouillon cubes, boiling water, dried red lentils or 1/4 cup barley, plain flour, vegetable suet, salt, cold water