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veggie pasta bake with lentils batch cooking

Easy Veggie Pasta Bake With Tomato Sauce And Lentils

Rachel
Comforting saucy veggie pasta topped filled and topped with melted cheese!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine British
Servings 10
Calories 311 kcal

Equipment

1 Enamel Roasting Tin

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Onions (chopped)
  • 2 Celery Sticks (Chopped or blitzed in food processor)
  • 2 Carrots (Chopped or blitzed in food processor)
  • 2 400g Green Lentils (Tins)
  • 2 400g Chopped Tomatoes
  • 3 tbsp Tomato Puree
  • 5 Sundried Tomatoes (blitzed in food processor)
  • 2 Stock cubes (crumbly sort)
  • 3 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
  • 4 Cloves of garlic (chopped)
  • 1 tbsp Mixed Herbs
  • 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
  • 450 g Cheese (Grated)
  • 500 g Wholewheat Pasta Spirals
  • Salt
  • 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Instructions
 

  • Cook the pasta as per packet instructions.
  • In a large deep sided frying pan, add the oil and fry the onions on medium heat until soft. Add the garlic, and black pepper and fry for 1 minute.
  • Add the chopped vegetables, sundried tomatoes and tomato puree. You may need to add a little hot water from the kettle at this point. Stir for 2 minutes, then add the green lentils, chopped tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, mixed herbs, and Worcestershire sauce and add about 100 ml of water. Cover with a lid and cook on medium heat until the pasta is cooked. At this point, taste it to see if it needs any more seasoning
  • Add the pasta to the pan and mix through. If the pasta is too much for the pan transfer some to the roasting dish. Only add half of the pasta mix in the roasting tin then scatter half of the grated cheese on top of the pasta. Add the remaining pasta on top and finally add the remaining cheese.
  • Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
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Nutrition

Calories: 311kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 14gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 567mgPotassium: 244mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 2568IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 349mgIron: 1mg
Keyword green lentils, wholewheat pasta
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