Lentils and Tomato Sauce With Pasta Shells

Name: Lentils and Tomato Sauce With Pasta Shells
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon dried sage; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; 19 ounces tomatoes; 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce; 19 ounces lentils, drained and rinsed; 5 cups small shell pasta; 1/4 cup fresh parsley, coarsely chopped; asiago cheese, grated, for serving

Submitted by Irmgard

"I got this recipe some time back from FoodTV.ca but didn't get around to trying it until recently. It makes at least 4 generous servings; in fact, we had enough for three meals!"

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon dried sage
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground black pepper
19 ounces tomatoes
¹⁄₄ teaspoon hot pepper sauce
19 ounces lentils, drained and rinsed
5 cups small shell pasta
¹⁄₄ cup fresh parsley, coarsely chopped
asiago cheese, grated, for serving

directions

In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat.
Cook the onion, garlic, sage, salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, until the onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
Add the tomatoes and hot pepper sauce, breaking up the tomatoes with the back of a spoon, and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat and simmer until the spoon scraped across the bottom of the pan leaves a gap that fills in slowly, about 20 minutes.
Add the lentils and heat through, about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the pasta until tender but firm, 8 to 10 minutes.
Reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid, drain and return to the pot.
Add the sauce, parsley and enough of the reserved liquid to moisten.
Toss to coat.
Serve sprinkled with Asiago cheese.

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Irmgard

Canada

I live with my husband, four cats, and a sweet mutt named Jada in Scarborough, Ontario, where I work as an elementary school administrative assistant. I have a 31 year old daughter who lives with her boyfriend in nearby Don Mills, along with my sweet granddogs, Frankie and Turbo. I would have to say that my passion is animals, since I have so many of them! <img src=http://images.quizilla.com/H/h0t5auce/1108834307_brown_answer.jpg alt= /> <img src=http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/532663/cookswithcattitude.JPG alt= /> <img src=http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r271/copperhorse58/CalendarGirlsSwap2009.jpg alt= /> If I had a month off work to do what I please, I would first catch up on my sleep and then just have fun - see a few movies and maybe take a couple of short trips - something that wouldn't break the bank - lol!

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