Pasta with lentils and spinach
2 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Red lentils |
| 250 | grams | Wholemeal spaghetti |
| 7½ | gram | Butter |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| ½ | Onion | |
| 3 | Spinach leaves | |
| ½ | tablespoon | Lemon Juice |
| ⅛ | cup | Toasted pine nuts |
Directions
1. Cook the lentils in boiling water until tender. 2. Cook the pasta in a large quantity of boiling water until just tender. 3. While they are cooking melt the butter in a pan. Add the nutmeg
and onion and cook over a gentle heat until the onion is soft.
Add spinach, cover and cook until the spinach is just tender. 4.
Drain the lentils, add the lemon juice;stirring to combine.
Drain the pasta.
Combine the lentils, pasta and spinach.
Place on a serving plate and sprinkle with pine nuts.
Serve immediately.