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Veggie-packed pasta bolognese

An easy sauce to prepare and that can be used in many ways, from pasta sauce to parmentier lentils.

Ingredients

1 lb lentils (red lentils)
1 onion (diced)
2 carrot (peeled and diced)
2 zucchini (diced)
1 cn tomato (16 oz can)
8 oz pasta (preferably whole grain spaguetti)
4 T olive oil
  seasoning (salt and ground pepper to taste)

Instructions

Sauté the onion, carrots, and zucchini in a large pan until softened.

Add the red lentils and mix well, cook 1-2 minutes more.

Pour in the can of tomatoes and let it simmer for 15 minutes.

While the sauce simmers, cook the spaghetti according to the package instructions.

Serve the sauce over the cooked spaghetti.

Yield
4 servings
Cooking time
30
Preparation time
15
Total time
45 minutes

Notes

Substitute lentils with double the weight of cooked lentils, brown or green.

You can also substitute the lentils with the same weight of ground meat, turkey, chicken or beef. When you add them to the pan, cook until browned.