Kind of a bland recipe, just ok.

I am giving this recipe the 5 stars because although I tweaked it to meet my families particular tastes, we were all really happy with the end result. I am cooking for 3 non-dairy kids, 2 vegi. adults and three omnivores. And EVERYONE liked it. I followed some other reviewers advice: topped it with green onions for the last few minutes, added some extra veggies and was able to serve three generations of specialized eaters with no complaints. And that is a miracle.

Pretty nice, but if you're using red lentils, don't cook them this long! Cooking them for 15 minutes will turn them into an orange-ish paste. 5-7 minutes of cook time in boiling water will usually suffice.

I was soooo tempted to add cheese to this final product, but resisted that urge to keep it healthier. Like others suggested, I used canned tomatoes. I also put in a whole mix of veggies - broccoli, carrots, zucchini, summer squash, green beans and the onion & canned tomatoes. Super simple & tasty!

Based on what other reviewers wrote, I increased the sauce and doubled the seasonings. It was very good and healthy - will definitely make again.

I left out the celery and added in some mushrooms, I also cooked the rice in vegetable stock instead of water. I am compiling a folder of easy vegetarian recipes for when my daughter goes to university in September. She has requested that this one definitely be included. Thankyou so much Allison.

Made with left over spaghetti sauce and green bean because that is what I had on hand. It was good and I will make aging with a few changes. Next time I will add some pepper, also think it would be good with mushrooms.

Really good. I've made it a few times. Once we didn't have red lentils, so I used brown. Still good, but the consistency isn't as smooth. Since we're not vegan, I used chicken broth for the rice and lentils instead of water. Also added crumbled, browned sausage to the casserole. Good with brown rice, too! Very tasty combination!

I enjoyed this casserole, but made some miner changes. Added more spice than called for, used bottled pasta sauce, and canned diced tomatoes. Overall, I thought it was alright.

Cooking this was a lot of fun, it smelled so delicious. I added a cup of mushrooms as well. I also made my own tomato sauce so it had all the flavors I love in it. I would recommend more sauce as well. It smelled great when cooking the vegetables, but after baking it all together it kind of lost some of the original intensity I thought it would have. Despite this it was delicious and healthy and I'll be making it again.

This was really nice! I didn't have the vegetables mentioned in the recipe because I've been running low, so I just used some frozen mixed vegetables in the freezer and this still turned out so well! Instead of one tomato and the tomato sauce, I just used one whole can of chopped tomatoes - half cooked with the vegetables and half on top. I also added some cheese inside and on top. It was gooo-oood!

I'm giving this 3 stars not because it is bad, but because it is not anything special. Tasty enough really, just nothing I oooh-ed and aaah-ed about while eating it. I really liked the lentils and zucchini in there. Even the celery. But you know it's not the greatest meal ever if the celery is one of the best things about it. The sauce was fairly dull. Not sure what half of the tomato sauce was doing on top. Maybe stopping it from drying out? If so, fair enough. It wasn't dry which is always a relief with casseroles. Otherwise, I would have prefered to mix it in, so that it could blend in with the herbs and garlic. It is a little plain there, sitting on the top as is. I grated some emmental cheese on it when reheating, that helped. All together, really not a bad meal. But not something I'd happily serve to friends.

I really like this recipe! Very healthy, relatively easy and good. I may try adding raisins next time - seems that might be a good addition with the flavor combos. Very happy to find yet another good way to use lentils and veggies.

very good and can easily subsitute veggies when needed

Loved this recipe. I didn't have zucchini so I substituted broccoli. I also topped it with french onions for the last five minutes of baking. It looks like some have complained that the meal was dry or didn't have enough flavor, but mine was not like that at all. I may have used more tomato sauce than called for as I didn't measure it just threw in on until it looked like enough. This will definately become a staple recipe for our vegetarian family.

This was okay, but that's it. Too dry, and a little on the bland side.