Monday - Lentil and tomato pasta sauce

Monday's are always hard, no matter which way you look at it. So its good to know, when the working day is over, you have a comforting and fulfilling meal to look forward too. This is the meal that will give you the energy you need for the week ahead.

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil

1 garlic clove, minced

1 brown onion, sliced

1/2 tsp chilli flakes

400g canned whole tomatoes

3 roma tomatoes, deseed and chopped

300g brown lentils, cooked

30g baby spinach, chopped

1/4 cup parsley, chopped

1 tbsp tofutti cream cheese

Method

In a large saucepan, heat the oil over a medium heat and saute the onions until transparent - about 2 minutes. Add the garlic and chilli flakes and cook for a further 1 minute.

Add salt and pepper, the canned and fresh tomatoes, lentils and cook until the tomatoes have broken down, around 15 minutes.

Stir through the spinach, parsley and cream cheese and cook for 3 minutes. Turn off heat and cover to keep warm.

In the meantime, cook your favourite pasta according to packet instructions.

Serve the pasta with a generous serving of the pasta sauce. The perfect accompaniment to this dish is roasted garlic bread.

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