Is this a good dinner? ALSO why are Lentils so high in calories?!!?

Im trying to lose a little bit of weight, not rlly, mainly get slight abs.
Im making dinner tonight and Im makin veg lentil burgers.
1 cup of red lentils are like 600 calories?? why is that?

Also instead of frying them like it says online, im gonna put them in the oven. Im also using brown rice btw.

Then im making potato squares, gonna put them in the oven with lots of seasoning and whatnot.

Then have a side of spinach.
Is that good?
Since I wanna lose weight im gonna have a small portion of everything but have LOTS of spinach.
On my bag of RED SPLIT LENTALS it says 1 cup - 620 calories.

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OK, the bagged red lentils you are using are dried lentils, so when they cook up, that 1 cup of lentils will swell to about 3 cups. 1 cup of cooked lentils is 225 calories and 1 cup of dry lentils is 600+ calories.
Your meal sounds healthy enough, but with a lot of carbs and calorie dense ones. Lentils, rice, and potatoes are all carbs and fairly high in calories even though they have a lot of nutrition. But in small amounts with spinach as a side and the fact that you are not frying your food, it is fine.

• Sounds like you have a plan for a good, balanced dinner. Not sure where you''re getting your information on the lentils, though. Everywhere I look says 1 cup of lentils is about 230 calories. Maybe it''s the whole lentil burger than has 600?
  
  Could be that it''s 1 c dried lentils = 620 calories. The lentils will expand when you cook them, so you''ll end up with more than 1 cup.
  
  Anyhow, lentils are full of fiber, potassium, and iron so don''t worry so much about the calories and concentrate on the benefits you''ll get from eating them!
• It sounds good food to eat but rather bland, and not much to taste
  
  Check your calories as that is far too high, a cup of lentils is 230 cal
  Hman
• Like the others say--1 cup of lentils is 230 calories.
  
  Most beans are high in carbohydrates as are rice and potatoes. Your meal is fine but not for someone trying to lose weight.
  
  If you are really interested in losing weight forget the calories and cut down on the carbohydrates