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Ingredients
- 200 g red lentils or lentils of choice (see Tips)
- 20 g dried mushrooms of choice (optional)
- 1380 g water
- 300 g fresh mushrooms, cut into quarters
- 40 g extra virgin olive oil
- 100 g onion, cut into wedges (3-4 cm)
- 100 g carrot, cut into pieces (2-3 cm)
- 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled and roughly chopped
- 50 g red wine
- 100 g vegetable peelings and trimmings, cut into pieces (2 cm - see Tips)
- 3 sprigs fresh oregano, leaves only (see Tips)
- 1 tbsp wakame flakes (see Tips)
- 80 g tomato paste
- 2 tsp Vegetable stock paste (see Tips)
- 3 tomatoes, cut into pieces (2-3 cm)
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- cooked pasta of choice (see Tips)
- Parmesan cheese, grated, to serve
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1046.8 kJ / 250.2 kcal
- Protein
- 11.9 g
- Carbohydrates
- 35.5 g
- Fat
- 7.5 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1.2 g
- Fibre
- 7.3 g
- Sodium
- 148.9 mg
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