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Sneaky Veggie Red Sauce Pasta
Quick · 5–15 min

Sneaky Veggie Red Sauce Pasta

This is the one for the kid who picks out every green thing. The vegetables get simmered soft and blended into the marinara until they disappear. Lentils go in whole, and they look just like the bits in a meat sauce. Serve a few veggies on the side too, so they still see them.

Kid-friendly · how to serve it to kids
Hands-on
12 min
Hands-off
10 min
Total
22 min
Dishes
3
24gprotein556cal99gcarbs7gfatper serving · $1.55
Skill Meal-prep friendlystove · blender

Method

  1. 1

    Cook the pasta in salted water according to the package. Save a mug of the pasta water before draining.

  2. 2

    While it boils, warm the oil in a saucepan and cook the carrot and zucchini with a splash of water, covered, until very soft.

  3. 3

    Add the garlic and spinach for 1 minute, until the spinach wilts.

  4. 4

    Tip everything into a blender with the marinara and nutritional yeast and blend until completely smooth.

  5. 5

    Pour the sauce back into the pan, stir in the lentils and simmer until hot.

  6. 6

    Toss with the drained pasta, loosening with a splash of pasta water if it's thick.

Storage

Sauce keeps 5 days and freezes for 3 months.

Good to know
  • Still too chunky for your kid? Blend the lentils into the sauce too. Nobody will know.
  • Freeze the sauce in muffin cups for kid-size portions.

For little ones

Feeding kids plant-based

Serve as is. Let them sprinkle the nutritional yeast themselves.

Their portion: about half your servingabout 310 cal · 13 g protein of their 19 g a day

Nutrition

per serving
Calories
556
Protein
24g
Carbs
99g
Fat
7g
Fiber
15g
Sodium
560mg
Contains glutenSoy-freePeanut-free

Calculated from ingredient reference data. Brand labels vary.

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