Ingredients
Method
- Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat. Cook the onion, carrot and celery for 8 minutes until soft.
- Turn up the heat, add the mushrooms and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, until their liquid has evaporated and they are starting to brown.
- Stir in the garlic and tomato purée and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the lentils, TVP, stock, soy sauce, oregano and bay leaf. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer, partly covered, for 15 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and simmer, partly covered, for 20 to 25 minutes more, until the lentils are tender and the sauce is thick. Add a splash of water if it dries out before the lentils are done.
- Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in salted boiling water according to the packet, then drain.
- Remove the bay leaf, season the sauce with salt and pepper and serve over the spaghetti.
Notes
- The tomatoes go in after the lentils have had a head start, because acid slows down how fast lentils soften.
- The sauce freezes well for up to 3 months. Cook the pasta fresh.
Nutrition per serving
- Protein
- 34 g
- Energy
- 591 kcal
- Carbs
- 103 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Fibre
- 13 g
Estimated from the ingredients listed, so anything you serve it with is extra. Carbs include fibre.