Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lentil penne with asparagus. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lentil Penne with Asparagus is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Lentil Penne with Asparagus is something that I have loved my whole life.
Tangy lemon, savory garlic, fresh asparagus, and pasta in a rich buttery sauce (with cultured vegan butter) make this plant-based meal a hit. We had penne with asparagus for dinner on Thursday and, boy, was it good! Here is a tip to make preparation super easy.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lentil penne with asparagus using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lentil Penne with Asparagus:
- Take 6 asparagus stalks
- Get Half punnet of quartered cherry tomatoes
- Get Handful chopped pitted black olives
- Make ready 200 g red lentil pasta
- Make ready 3 finely chopped garlic cloves
- Take 100 ml pesto
Salt and freshly ground black pepper Reserve ½ cup of the pasta cooking water. Add pasta water to the skillet with mushrooms and asparagus then bring to a simmer. Drain and toss the pasta with the sauce. Add the cheese and chives to the pasta.
Steps to make Lentil Penne with Asparagus:
- Heat some butter or oil in a pan on a medium heat, chop up your asparagus into inch long sections and add
- In the meantime, add the pasta (with a healthy pinch of salt) to a pan of boiling water
- When the asparagus changes colour to a rich green, add the garlic, tomatoes and olives
- The tomatoes will begin to soften, when they do, remove the pan from the heat. Add the pasta when it's to your liking, mix in the pesto and you're ready to serve
- There are lots of options with pesto, the preserved store bought stuff is generally not good quality and usually high in salt. There are some fresh store bought options that are better but making your own is always the tastiest and most versatile option. If you're vegetarian, it's worth pointing out that Parmesan is NOT vegetarian, grana padano however, is a good alternative. If you're vegan then nutritional yeast is a good alternative to cheese. There's probably another recipe idea here… 🤔
This turkey and asparagus green lentil pasta is a wonderful recipe for meal prepping. Typically I would say you could store a pasta dish in the freezer, but the green lentil pasta in this recipe does not freeze very well. Drain and shock in an ice bath. Drain and set aside at room temperature. Cook penne according to package instructions, reserving some pasta water.
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