A simple and finances pleasant hidden veggie pasta sauce made with frozen greens and crimson lentils
When you’ve been following my weblog for a whilst you know I’m an enormous fan of hidden veg pasta sauce. I first made this Hidden Veggie Pasta Sauce years in the past and my children nonetheless find it irresistible now!
Final yr I made a Sluggish Cooker Hidden Veggie Sauce utilizing a number of recent greens.
Given the price of meals for the time being and the shortages of some recent veggies, I assumed I’d attempt a model utilizing frozen greens as a substitute. A lot cheaper to purchase however nonetheless tremendous nutritious.
I’ve additionally included crimson lentils to spice up the dietary worth and add some plant primarily based protein too.
The frozen veggies and lentils are added to the gradual cooker together with garlic, chopped tomatoes, inventory and oregano.
Prepare dinner on excessive for two.5 hour or low for 4 hours.
As soon as cooked, use a hand blender to blitz the sauce till clean.
If the sauce appears just a little to thick at this level you may add some water or inventory to skinny it all the way down to your required consistency.
Combine with cooked pasta and serve with some grated cheese or another toppings that your children like.
It’s additionally nice to make use of as a tomato sauce base for pizza.
Storing & Freezing
This sauce will hold in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3 days.
It can be frozen both in freezer luggage, containers or giant ice dice trays. Defrost at room temperature and reheat earlier than mixing with cooked pasta.
When you’d prefer to see extra recipes like this you may take a look at all my Hidden Veggie Recipes right here
Sluggish Cooker Hidden Veg & Lentil Sauce
Description
A simple and finances pleasant hidden veggie pasta sauce made with frozen greens and crimson lentils
Substances
- 250g combined frozen greens
- 50g dried crimson lentils
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 300ml vegetable inventory
- 1 tsp oregano
Directions
- Add all of the components to the gradual cooker and blend properly.
- Prepare dinner on excessive for two.5 hour or low for 4 hours.
- Blitz with a hand blender till the sauce is clean.
- If the sauce appears just a little thick you may add some water or inventory to skinny it down.
- Combine with cooked pasta.
Notes
This sauce will hold within the fridge for as much as 3 days. It can be frozen. Defrost at room temperature and reheat earlier than mixing with pasta.
