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Creamy Mushroom & Lentil Pasta with Broccoli
Co-created with Dr Megan Rossi, leading gut health scientist and registered dietitian, this warming pasta bowl is packed with nutrients. You'll cook brown rice casarecce and add to a rich ragu, bursting with green lentils and earthy mushrooms, made extra comforting by Bio&Me’s natural & creamy kefir (containing 18 different culture strains) for your gut microbes. Serve alongside grilled tenderstem broccoli, for the perfect bite.
Ready in 20
1/3 daily fibre
7 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 180g Tenderstem broccoli (use half)
- 250ml natural kefir (use a quarter) (Milk) (Pasteurised Cow’s Milk fermented with 18 different cultures, including stains from the Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria Families.)
- 20g whole almonds (use half) (Nuts)
- 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste (use half) (Tomato Puree, Sundried Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pine Kernels, Salt)
- 2 tbsp cashew butter (use half) (Nuts, Peanuts, Sesame) (cashew nuts (98%), rapeseed oil)
- 253g bijoux verts lentils in salted water (use half) (Bijoux Verts Lentils (60%), Water (39.4%) , Salt (0.6%).)
- 1 onion (use half)
- 1 tsp dried oregano (use half) (Dried Rubbed Oregano 100%.)
- 160g mini portobello mushrooms (use half)
- 3 garlic clove
- 120g brown rice casarecce pasta (use half) (Soya) (Brown rice flour 100%)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 659
Protein: 27g
Carbs: 81g
Fat: 23g
Ingredients
- 120g brown rice casarecce pasta (Soya) (Brown rice flour 100%)
- 253g bijoux verts lentils in salted water (Bijoux Verts Lentils (60%), Water (39.4%) , Salt (0.6%).)
- 20g whole almonds (Nuts)
- 160g mini portobello mushrooms
- 1 onion
- 1 tsp dried oregano (Dried Rubbed Oregano 100%.)
- 180g Tenderstem broccoli
- 2 tbsp cashew butter (Nuts, Peanuts, Sesame) (cashew nuts (98%), rapeseed oil)
- 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste (Tomato Puree, Sundried Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pine Kernels, Salt)
- 3 garlic clove
- 250ml natural kefir (use half) (Milk) (Pasteurised Cow’s Milk fermented with 18 different cultures, including stains from the Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria Families.)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 651
Protein: 27g
Carbs: 80g
Fat: 23g
Creamy Mushroom & Lentil Pasta with Broccoli
Co-created with Dr Megan Rossi, leading gut health scientist and registered dietitian, this warming pasta bowl is packed with nutrients. You'll cook brown rice casarecce and add to a rich ragu, bursting with green lentils and earthy mushrooms, made extra comforting by Bio&Me’s natural & creamy kefir (containing 18 different culture strains) for your gut microbes. Serve alongside grilled tenderstem broccoli, for the perfect bite.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Turn the grill to high (240C)
- Line a baking tray with silver foil
- Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a large frying pan, a sieve & a measuring jug
Prep the veg & grill
- Thinly slice the onion, mushrooms and garlic. Trim the broccoli and cut into thirds
- Add the broccoli to the foil-lined baking tray, drizzle with 1/2 tsp oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill for 8-9 mins, until golden and softened
Boil the pasta & soften the veg
- Add the casarecce to the saucepan and boil for 8-9 mins, until cooked, then drain
- Meanwhile, heat the large frying pan with 1/2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the mushrooms and onion and cook for 4-5 mins, until softened. Add the garlic and cook for another 1 min
Build the flavour
- Drain and rinse the lentils
- Stir the cashew butter, sundried tomato paste, oregano and 100ml water (50ml for 1 person) into the mushroom pan until combined. Bring to the boil, then add the lentils and simmer for 3-4 mins, until thickened
- Add the cooked pasta and toss to coat in the sauce. Stir in the half bottle of kefir, then remove from the heat. Season to taste
Plate up
- Share the pasta between bowls. Top with the grilled broccoli
- Roughly chop the almonds and scatter over to finish
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