Vegan hearty Italian spaghetti

Name: Vegan hearty Italian spaghetti
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 medium zucchini squash peeled and chopped; 1/2 medium onion chopped; 1 cup sprouted lentils cooked/drained according to package; I medium fresh tomato chopped; 2 tbs olive oil; 1 jar organic spaghetti sauce (your favorite); 2 tbs chopped garlic; to taste Italian seasoning dried; to taste Salt/pepper; to taste Dried Red chili pepper; I pkg spaghetti noodles cooked, drained, tossed in 1 tbs olive oil

Shellie Watson @shelliecooks

When you absolutely crave naughty Italian food but need to stick to your vegan healthy commitment of eating! You can change up your veggies based on what you enjoy! I’ve used peeled eggplant and mushrooms too!

Shellie Watson @shelliecooks

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Ingredients

3medium zucchini squash peeled and chopped
1/2medium onion chopped
1 cupsprouted lentils cooked/drained according to package
I medium fresh tomato chopped
2 tbsolive oil
1 jarorganic spaghetti sauce (your favorite)
2 tbschopped garlic
to tasteItalian seasoning dried
to tasteSalt/pepper
to tasteDried Red chili pepper
I pkg spaghetti noodles cooked, drained, tossed in 1 tbs olive oil

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Steps

1

Olive oil in oversized deep skillet or Dutch oven pot on medium heat. Add all veggies above and garlic. Sauté for about 8-10 min on medium heat.
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I personally cook my noodles at the same time so they are piping hot. I like to add a little olive oil and Italian seasoning to water. (Like 1 tbs to water as it’s coming to boil).
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After veggies are sautéed until slightly tender, add your favorite jar sauce. Add cooked lentils. Simmer 8-10 min on low heat. TIP: I keep lentils whole but you can crush/mash them if you want more of a ground beef or meat texture to the sauce. Add seasonings mentioned at this step!
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Sometimes I also cook the lentils directly in the sauce for 6-8 minutes. If you choose that option just put 1/2 cup of water or red wine in sauce to simmer lentils if your sauce is too thick. The easy method is to cook in advance and just add to sauce above as mentioned. :-)
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Final step is to serve the sauce over your hot pasta! TIP: You can add crushed cashews tossed in olive oil and garlic salt w/ Italian seasoning and nutritional yeast for garnish for the Parmesan cheese yummy effect! I mix the ingredients together in food processor! Depending on how hard core your vegan lifestyle. Enjoy!