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Recipe: Tip: Using Lentils to Lower the Fat in Some Ground Beef Recipes

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USING LENTILS TO LOWER THE FAT

One way to lower fat when you do scrambled beef dishes such as sloppy Joes or tacos is to add some cooked lentils to the meat mixture. No one knows they are there and they lower the fat significantly.

From: sara
MsgID: 052986
Shared by: Betsy at Recipelink.com
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