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Creamy Lentil Tomato Pasta
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Creamy Lentil Tomato Pasta

A creamy red lentil and tomato pasta with spinach. Allow extra simmering time if the lentils need longer to soften.

  • Dairy-Free
  • easy
  • Egg-Free
  • family-friendly
  • Italian-inspired
  • lentils
  • pasta
  • plant-based
  • quick
  • tomato sauce
  • Vegan
  • weeknight
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8 min prep45 min cook4 servingsmedium

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Baby spinach · 5 Ounce

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Vegan marinara sauce · 1 Jar

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Penne pasta · 12 Ounce

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Dry red lentils · 1 Cup

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  • penne pasta-12 oz
  • water-1 1/2 cups
  • vegan marinara sauce-1 jar
  • canned diced tomatoes-1 can
  • baby spinach-5 oz
  • dry red lentils-1 cup
  • olive oil-1 tablespoon
  • yellow onion-1 medium
  • garlic-2 cloves
  • Italian seasoning-1 teaspoon
  • fine salt-1/2 teaspoon
1
Boil water and rinse lentils
Large pot
Fine-mesh sieve

Start heating a large pot of water for the pasta and rinse the red lentils in a fine-mesh sieve. Keep the measured salt for the sauce.

Keep pot handles turned inward while bringing water to a boil.

1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup red lentils
1 1/2 cups Water
2
Sauté onion
Wooden spoon
Large deep skillet

Heat olive oil in a large deep skillet over medium heat. Add the finely diced onion and cook for 3 minutes, stirring often.

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 Count yellow onion
3
Bloom aromatics
Wooden spoon
Large deep skillet

Add garlic and Italian seasoning. Cook for 30 seconds.

2 Count garlic
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
4
Start the sauce
Measuring cups and spoons
Wooden spoon
Large deep skillet

Stir in red lentils, marinara sauce, diced tomatoes with juices, water, and salt. Bring to a simmer.

1 cup red lentils
1 Jar marinara sauce
1 can diced tomatoes
1 1/2 cups Water
1/2 teaspoon salt
5
Simmer until creamy
Wooden spoon
Large deep skillet

Cover and simmer over medium-low heat until the lentils are very tender and the sauce is creamy. Start checking after 15–18 minutes and stir regularly. Add a little hot water from the pasta pot if the sauce thickens before the lentils soften.

Open the skillet lid away from your face to avoid steam burns.

6
Cook and drain pasta
Large pot
Colander
Measuring cups and spoons

When the lentils are nearly tender, cook the penne until al dente, following its package timing. Reserve some pasta water before draining so you can loosen the finished sauce as needed.

Use caution when draining boiling pasta water.

12 ounces penne pasta
7
Wilt spinach
Wooden spoon
Large deep skillet

Stir baby spinach into the sauce for 1 to 2 minutes, until wilted.

5 ounces spinach
8
Combine pasta and sauce
Wooden spoon
Large deep skillet

Add drained penne to the sauce and stir to coat. Stir in a splash of reserved pasta water if needed to loosen the sauce.

12 ounces penne pasta
9

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