Zucchini Noodles with Lentil Bolognese
and a vegan alternative to parmesan!
easy
35 mins
Shape
Nutritional value: per portion
1 medium slice
Calories
335
kcal
56 kcal / 100 g
Carbs
36
g
6 g / 100 g
Protein
21
g
3 g / 100 g
Fat
8
g
1 g / 100 g
Ingredients:
person
persons
| For the Lentil Bolognese: | |
| 1 | white onion |
| 1 | medium carrot |
| 1 stalk | celery |
| 2 cloves | garlic |
| 1 tbsp |
|
| 100 g | red lentils |
| 4 tbsp | tomato paste |
| 300-400 ml | vegetable broth |
| 1 can | chopped tomatoes |
| 1 tbsp | coconut sugar (or raw sugar) |
| 1 | bay leaf |
| 3 | sprigs of thyme |
| For the zucchini noodles: | |
| 3 | Zucchini (around 200g each) |
| For the vegan parmesan: | |
| 20 g |
|
| 1 tbsp | nutritional yeast flakes |
| salt | |
| pepper | |
| garlic powder | |
| paprika |
You love pasta, but you have a habit of eating way too much of it? We've been there. The answer is Zoodles. Zucchini noodles! It's an absolute hit among healthy foodies. Combined with a bolognese sauce made from lentils, the dish is not only purely plant-based, but also deliciously hearty.
Preparation:
The Bolognese is enough for 3 portions. One zucchini will give you 1 portion of zoodles.
- Cut the onion, carrot and celery into small cubes. Chop the garlic.
- Fry the vegetables with the coconut oil in a medium pot for about 5 minutes.
- Add the lentils and the tomato paste, fry briefly and then pour in the broth.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, sugar, bay leaf and thyme and let everything simmer at medium heat for 25 minutes.
- In the meantime, season with salt, pepper and paprika powder.
- Slice the zucchini into long strips. If you like, you can fry them in some oil. They also taste very good raw and cold.
- Coarsely chop the Protein Flakes, yeast flakes, some salt and garlic powder in a mixer.
- Arrange the zucchini noodles with the lentil bolognese and the Protein Flakes mixture.
- Enjoy!
how do you make zucchini noodles?
With a spiralizer. You can get one online and it won't set you back much. In addition to smaller models, which look like a pencil sharpener, there are also larger ones with a hand crank which give the same result. You can also get the same noodle effect with a peeler.
