"Mom, I Love This No-Meat Meat Sauce" - We Bet You Will Also! Easy And Awesome!

It has been a wonderful and busy time getting ready for the farmers markets, and we hope we get to see you this Saturday in Longmont from 8 am - 1 pm. We needed something quick and easy to cook for dinner and we tried this black lentil "bolognese". We are excited to share this vegan take on a typical Swedish meat sauce - that's super yummy and easy to make (see recipe below).

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Black Lentil Vegan Bolognese!
Original recipe that we modified is from Ica (a Swedish food retail store)

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 medium size yellow onion (finely diced)

  • 2-3 garlic cloves (crushed)

  • 1 large carrot (finely chopped or shredded)

  • 1 small root celery, about 7oz (peeled and finely chopped or shredded) - can be substituted with celery

  • 2 tbs tomato paste

  • 2 tbs olive oil

  • 1 can of crushed tomatoes 14.5oz

  • 3/4 cup black beluga lentils

  • 1 bullion cube

  • 2 cups water (replace part of water with some red wine if you like)

  • 1-2 tsp dried thyme or rosemary

  • 0.5-1 tsp cinnamon

  • 1 tsp honey or coconut sugar

  • salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste

  • Scallions to garnish if you like


Directions

1. Sauté onion, garlic, tomato paste, carrot and root celery in oil for about 5 min.
2. Add lentils, crushed tomatoes, bouillon, water and spices. Cover and let simmer for 20-30 min. 
3. Season with honey, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper. 
4. Serve with pasta of your choice and garnish with scallions! 
 

ENJOY!

Katarina SchareComment