Mixed Lentil Penne (Bean Pasta); Gluten Free; Meatless Monday

When Meatless Monday reached out to me almost trying out Bean pasta from Modern Table Meals, as well as coming upwards alongside a overnice as well as tardily recipe, I jumped at the chance! Why? Because, a) I am an ardent champion of the Meatless Monday campaign. I believe that they are doing a neat project worldwide promoting vegetarian eating as well as thereby salubrious eating! Vanessa Protass is only awesome! b) I don't swallow regular pasta every bit I avoid gluten inward my diet. Therefore I was really excited to endeavor a gluten-free pasta!

The packet from Modern tabular array came a few days afterwards alongside 2 packs of Mixed Lentil Penne, a pack of wooden cooking spoons as well as a overnice tote bag.

I must tell yous guys that I was non at all disappointed alongside the Mixed Lentil Penne from Modern Table Meals.

It looks similar regular pasta, it cooks similar regular pasta as well as it tastes similar regular pasta! No, No. It is non only me proverb this. I had some friends over for dinner when I made this item pasta dish as well as they couldn't tell me that it was whatsoever different!In fact, they didn't fifty-fifty know that it was non regular pasta until I specifically mentioned that it was edible bean pasta. It is every bit good calorie-free as well as does non brand your tummy experience heavy as well as bloated . The best part: it is loaded alongside poly peptide due to the lentils introduce inward it, then yous could only toss it alongside some veggies as well as a nutritious dinner/lunch is ready!

Do endeavor this quick as well as really tardily recipe! You volition non survive disappointed . Also, it is a neat means to sneak inward poly peptide as well as veggie into your kid's as well as your tummies!

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

Modern tabular array mixed lentil penne pasta: 1 package
Water:
Broccoli florets : 1 pocket-size bunch ( unopen to 2 cups)
Endamame: 8 oz pack, ( peeled as well as shelled,ready to cook)
Olive oil: 1 tbsp
Butter: 1 tsp ( skip butter if vegan)
Garlic: 6-8 cloves, minced
Capers: 1/4 cup
Olives, chopped: 2 tbsp ( whatsoever olives may survive used, I used dark olives); optional.
Dried Italian seasoning: 1 tsp
Freshly terra firma dark pepper: 1 tsp
Salt: every bit per taste

Method:

Boil H2O alongside 1/4 tsp salt, inward a big pot/ saucepan. When the H2O comes to boil, add together the penne inward as well as ready for 8-9 minutes or until al dente. Drain as well as continue aside. Reserve the water.

Boil the same reserved water. When the H2O comes to boil, add together Endamame as well as ready for 2 mins. At the terminate of 2 mins, add together the broccoli florets as well as ready for some other 2 mins. Drain as well as continue aside. Reserve 1/4 loving cup of the drained water.

Heat a sauté pan or skillet on medium heat. Add the butter, fossil oil as well as minced garlic. Sauté the garlic for a infinitesimal until aromatic.

Add inward the vegetables, the capers, the chopped olives, the herbs as well as the reserved 1/4 loving cup of pasta water. Let it come upwards together for 10 seconds.

Now add together inward the cooked pasta. Toss it all together.

Serve hot.

Enjoy!

I am bringing this really salubrious repast for all my friends to endeavor at Throwback Thursday#36, Saucy Saturdays#42! The co-hosts this calendar week are 2 splendid bloggers, Mollie @ The Frugal Hausfrau and Scarlett @ Unwed Housewife.

Cooking made easy:

One of the things I similar to practice piece making pasta/noodles is ready the veggies alongside the pasta. Depending on the sum of fourth dimension required for each one, I add together it 1 after the other. In instance of the higher upwards dish, the pasta requires to survive cooked for 8 mins, the Endamame for four minutes as well as the broccoli for 2 mins or less. So, I would start alongside boiling the H2O alongside salt, add together the pasta as well as continue the timer for four mins. At the terminate of four minutes, I would add together the Endamame as well as ready for some other 2 minutes, at the terminate of which I would add together the broccoli florets as well as ready for some other 2 minutes. When it is done, drain it all together.

Tip for salubrious living:

Reduce the oil/ butter content inward pasta dishes as well as become inward healthier. You tin withal accept a pasta dish that is non dry out past times adding some of the pasta H2O reserved piece draining the pasta! This makes the pasta creamy as well as delicious!

Food for thought:

To alive a pure unselfish life, 1 must count zero every bit one's ain inward the midst of abundance. Buddha