Lentil Penne with Asparagus
Lentil Penne with Asparagus

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lentil penne with asparagus. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lentil Penne with Asparagus is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Lentil Penne with Asparagus is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lentil penne with asparagus using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil Penne with Asparagus:
  1. Make ready 6 asparagus stalks
  2. Take Half punnet of quartered cherry tomatoes
  3. Make ready Handful chopped pitted black olives
  4. Make ready 200 g red lentil pasta
  5. Make ready 3 finely chopped garlic cloves
  6. Take 100 ml pesto
Steps to make Lentil Penne with Asparagus:
  1. Heat some butter or oil in a pan on a medium heat, chop up your asparagus into inch long sections and add
  2. In the meantime, add the pasta (with a healthy pinch of salt) to a pan of boiling water
  3. When the asparagus changes colour to a rich green, add the garlic, tomatoes and olives
  4. The tomatoes will begin to soften, when they do, remove the pan from the heat. Add the pasta when it's to your liking, mix in the pesto and you're ready to serve
  5. There are lots of options with pesto, the preserved store bought stuff is generally not good quality and usually high in salt. There are some fresh store bought options that are better but making your own is always the tastiest and most versatile option. If you're vegetarian, it's worth pointing out that Parmesan is NOT vegetarian, grana padano however, is a good alternative. If you're vegan then nutritional yeast is a good alternative to cheese. There's probably another recipe idea here… 🤔

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