Red Lentil Spaghetti

Celeste
Celeste @celeste_xtina_C00K5
Essex

This meal was designed as a healthy meal providing protein and carbs for a healthy appetite. It's possible you can make this serve two people who are maybe a little less hungry/ calorie needy :-)

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Ingredients

1 serving
  1. 1/2 tbspolive oil
  2. 1/2yellow onion, chopped
  3. 1 smallclove garlic, crushed
  4. 1 tspSwiss vegetable bouillon powder
  5. 1/4 cupred split lentils
  6. 1 can(400g/14 oz) chopped tomatoes
  7. 1/4 tspdried mixed herbs/ dried Italian herbs
  8. 1dried bay leaf
  9. 1/2 tbspconcentrated tomato paste/ purée
  10. 1 pinchsalt and black pepper
  11. 75 gramsdry wholewheat spaghetti

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat the oil in a medium skillet on medium heat

  2. 2

    Add the onion and soften

  3. 3

    Add garlic and bouillon powder and stir for a minute

  4. 4

    Add the lentils and tomatoes along with a canful of water (use the empty tomato can)

  5. 5

    Put in the herbs, bay leaf and tomato paste

  6. 6

    Bring up to the boil, then turn heat down and simmer for 25-30 minutes, until reduced and thickened

  7. 7

    Meanwhile boil water with salt and cook the spaghetti for 10 minutes

  8. 8

    Season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste (I like plenty of black pepper)

  9. 9

    Either drain the spaghetti and add into the skillet, or use a pasta scoop to take it straight out of the water and into the skillet

  10. 10

    Get the spaghetti mixed in well with the sauce, then serve.

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