Name: Black Lentil stew
Prep time: 11 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 31 min
Ingredients: 1 Whole Leek or 1 med onion; 5 cloves garlic; 1 celery stick; 1 can of organic fire roasted tomatoes or 3 fresh tomatoes chopped; 1 can of black lentils rinsed and drained; Half a pound Brown rice spiral pasta or tricolored pasta - can be smashed before cooking to make into smaller bites for little hands if desired; 6 cups water or seasoned veggie stock; If using water, season with 6 tsp dry veggie stock; 1 teaspoon of sea salt; 1 medium sweet potato; 1 large carrot; 1 tablespoon sesame or sweet almond oil

Today I'm sharing with you a sneak peek from my upcoming cookbook, "Healthy Family Happy Family." This book is filled with ‪#‎healthy‬ family recipes, I have more coming soon!

CategoryRecipesDifficultyIntermediate

Yields1 Serving

Prep Time11 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time31 mins

1 Whole Leek or 1 med onion

5 cloves garlic

1 celery stick

1 can of organic fire roasted tomatoes or 3 fresh tomatoes chopped

1 can of black lentils rinsed and drained

Half a pound Brown rice spiral pasta or tricolored pasta - can be smashed before cooking to make into smaller bites for little hands if desired

6 cups water or seasoned veggie stock

If using water, season with 6 tsp dry veggie stock

1 teaspoon of sea salt

1 medium sweet potato

1 large carrot

1 tablespoon sesame or sweet almond oil

Bring veggie stock to a boil in a stockpot.

While waiting to boil. Peel and Chop up sweet Potato and carrot.

When boiling add sweet potato carrot and pasta, cook 15 min

While pasta is cooking, chop up onions/leeks garlic and celery

Sauté on medium in 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan.

When onion garlic are lightly browned, add a can of black lentils and tomatoes or fresh. Sauté for about 10 minutes.

When complete add this mixture to the pasta sweet potato mixture. Combine well and serve!

Purée if little one's around

Ingredients