Easy Vegan Meat Sauce
This vegan lentil walnut "meat sauce" is quickly going to become one of your new favorite vegan dinners! It will remind you of a bolognese because of the hearty thick texture and complex flavor, but is surprisingly simple, quick, healthy, and 100% plant-based!
Equipment
- medium skillet with lid
Ingredients
Easy Lentil Walnut Sauce
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup yellow onion, chopped finely
- 2 cloves freshly minced garlic or 1 tablespoon pre-minced garlic
- 1 cup crushed walnuts or pecans
- 1 13 oz can of brown lentils
- 1 15 oz can of tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
Easy Lentil Walnut Sauce
- Bring a skillet with olive oil to medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until the onions are fragrant. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes or until the onions are translucent and the garlic is fragrant.
- Add the crushed walnuts and lentils and reduce the heat to medium low. Cook, stirring, for 7 minutes, or until the nuts are tender on the outside.
- Add the tomato sauce, dried parsley, dried basil, dried oregano, salt, and pepper. Stir until the sauce begins to bubble and then reduce the heat to a low simmer. Cook, covered for 20 minutes.
- Remove the sauce from the heat, stir, and then cover until ready to serve with spaghetti noodles or any other pasta.
Nutrition
Calories: 237kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 2gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gSodium: 583mgPotassium: 120mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 19IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
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