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Lentil Sauce For Pasta
What you need:
1 cup red lentils
1 (15 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 vegetable bouillon cube
2 cups water
1 onion, chopped
pepper, to taste
basil, to taste
What you do:
1. Throw all the ingredients into a saucepan.
2. Boil for 20-30 minutes and then serve over warm pasta.
This has to be my very favorite pasta sauce. I make it at least once a week and even my picky younger brother thinks it tastes great!
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Cooking Time:
Servings:
4
Recipe Category:
SO HOW'D IT GO?
I really liked this. I added about 6 cloves of garlic and sauteed eggplant and red peppers separtely, I also added corn and peas. Served over rice pasta. I blended the tomato/lentil mix. Yummy!!!
Thank you, Great recipe! I followed the recipe pretty close, but added a couple extra garlic cloves, and water. Along with the pasta, I added mushrooms, brocolli and cherry tomatoes. When I had all mixed together I added some Nut. Yeast, not alot and mixed. It was really a good & healthy meal.
Thank you for posting this easy recipe, it will be a staple in my kitchen...it's so easy to make and good! ;)b
This was unexpectedly good! I sauteed the onion and 2 cloves of garlic as others have recommended and it turned out great. great way to add more protein to your diet. Oh, I also added red pepper flakes since I always need some spice!
Yum. :>
I also added garlic (finely grated into the sauce and simmered with it) and some dried oregano and basil.
I thought this was really nice, but I liked it much better over steamed brown rice. The first night I made it, I served over some whole wheat pasta. I think I would have liked it more if I had pureed it like others suggested. The next night I served it over rice and thought it was great.
I made this tonight for dinner and absolutely loved the taste. I added a smashed clove of garlic, oregano, thyme, sage, and a few fennel seeds (plus I had to add about 1/4 cup additional water to keep it from drying out too much). After I let it cook for 20 min, I pureed it with a hand blender to smooth it out. I love how nutritious and yummy this recipe is!!
I've made this several times from various recipes, but I always kind of make my own sauce, anyway, This time, I sauteed onions, mushrooms, and like 6 cloves of garlic, then added crushed basil tomatoes, and cooked the lentils in a separate pot. I used lots of salt, pepper, basil, oregano, fennel, and chili flakes in the sauce, then added the cooked lentils (with some remaining water), and simmered while I cooked the spinach twisties pasta. It turned out very well; very satisfying.
wow, this sounds really good..I might have to try it and throw in some veg 'meatballs' on the side...
This was SOOO good. I added a couple cloves of garlic. Phlutter made me want to use spirals for this recipe, but alas, all I had were shells. However, it was FANTASTIC with shells! Don't use fettucine though, that was weird for some reason. I highly recommend this recipe, especially with shells. You don't even need the pasta though, you can eat it by itself and it's still great. Sometimes even better.
I made this.. I wish I would have used it with spiral pasta, because I think it would have worked better that way. I used vidalia onions and sauteed them first then added the other ingredients... next time I am going to add garlic and sautee with the onions.. I also used a large can of crushed tomatoes... i felt it was lacking something, and now that I think of it.. I think I would have preferred it with garlic (i love garlic!)... It was pretty good though... But I do suggest a spiral noodle.. I can see where it would be good as a stuffing... I may use this (with less tom. so it will be thicker) as a stuffing for stuffed squash or something come squash season... I'll bet this would be awesome with spaghetti squash! mmmmm... ;)b
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