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Shortcut Lentil Bolognese
Miso and maple syrup are your speedy shortcuts to a richly flavoured ragu in this low-effort recipe from Healthy Made Simple - the new cookbook by Ella Mills, founder of Deliciously Ella. Softened onions, celery, carrots and brown lentils create a moreish filling. Mashed chickpeas add extra fibre and comfort. Serve with brown rice penne to complete the feast. Delicious and simple.
1/3 daily fibre
10 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp white miso paste (Soya) (White Miso (Water, SOYBEANS, Rice, Salt), Water)
- 2 carrot
- 1 onion
- 230g lentils (Cereals Containing Gluten) (Rehydrated lentils, water, tomato paste, salt, antioxidant: ascorbic acid)
- 250g brown rice penne (Eggs)
- 1 vegetable stock cube (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 400g tomato & herb sauce (tomato, cooked onion, water, tomato puree, carrots, caramelised onion, olive oil, basil, cornflour, garlic, date syrup, salt, garlic powder, acidity regulator: lactic acid.)
- 2 garlic clove
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 350g celery (use half) (Celery)
- 230g chickpeas (Chickpeas, water, salt)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 505
Protein: 15g
Carbs: 69g
Fat: 14g
Shortcut Lentil Bolognese
Miso and maple syrup are your speedy shortcuts to a richly flavoured ragu in this low-effort recipe from Healthy Made Simple - the new cookbook by Ella Mills, founder of Deliciously Ella. Softened onions, celery, carrots and brown lentils create a moreish filling. Mashed chickpeas add extra fibre and comfort. Serve with brown rice penne to complete the feast. Delicious and simple.
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Cooking Instructions
- Finely dice the onion, carrots and one-third of the celery. Finely grate or crush the garlic. Drain and rinse the lentils and chickpeas.
- Heat a medium frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium heat. Add the onion, celery, and carrot, with a good pinch of sea salt. Cook for 8-10 mins, until softened, then add the garlic and cook for 1 min more.
- Add the chickpeas, lentils, tomato sauce, miso paste, maple syrup and 150ml hot water. Bring to a boil and crumble in the stock cube, stirring to dissolve. Reduce the heat and simmer for 7-10 mins, until most of the liquid has reduced and the vegetables are tender.
- In the meantime, cook the penne; bring a large saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil. Add the penne and boil for 7-8 mins, until cooked, then drain.
- Once the lentil sauce is cooked, remove from the heat and gently mash with a potato masher or fork. The chickpeas should break down to roughly the same size as the lentils.
- Season the bolognese to taste with a squeeze of lemon juice, sea salt and black pepper. Stir the penne through the bolognese, adding a splash of water to loosen, if necessary, then serve into bowls. Serve the remaining lemon as wedges.
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