Pasta with Lentils

Pasta with Lentils  was a favorite in our home kids love it and good source  of iron I always made sure that my children had legumes once a week best way to make it with pasta kids like pastas you can use any one you like with this dish or on its own my grandson loves it

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Ingredients

               

• 1 onion (chopped)
• 1 tomato (seeded chopped)
• 1 carrot (chopped)
• 1 celery (stalk chopped)
• 3 garlic cloves (chopped)

                        

• 71/2 cups water
• 13/4 cups lentils (rinsed drained)
• 500 gr         fusilli (freshly cooked)  or what you pasta               
• olive oil

 

Saute onion, tomato, carrot, celery, garlic In a large pot Saute 6 minutes. Add water and lentils; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer until lentils are tender and mixture thickens, stirring often, about 45 minutes. Mix in pasta; simmering 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper

low carb Fauxtato salad

 Fauxtato salad



1/2 large head cauliflower

2 green onions 

2 stalks celery

2 radishes

2 hard boiled eggs

3 large tablespoons Hellman's lite olive oil mayo

1 tsp Mount Olive sweet relish (available from Ontario Nutrition Store)

1/2 tsp dried dill (can use fresh if you have it)

ground pepper

Steam cauliflower until just tender crisp.

Set aside and allow to cool. Cut into pieces

Chop onions, dice celery, and finely dice radish

Mash the eggs with a fork. Add just enough of the mayo to meld everything together. Unlike potatoes, you will use much less mayo.
you can add tuna to make a full meal or slice your eggs