4 from 3 votes
Glutenfree lentil pasta with mushrooms and spinach cashew sauce
Easy to make glutenfree and vegan pasta. With red lentil fusilli, chestnut mushrooms and a spinach cashew sauce.
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
1 d
Total Time
1 d 15 mins
Servings:
2
servings
Calories:
499 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
European, Mediterranean, Italian
Ingredients
- 2 ervings red lentil pasta
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2½ cups chestnut mushrooms 250 grams
- 4 cloves garlic 3 to bake, leave 1 raw
- 3 handsful cashew nuts
- 3 handsful spinach
- 1 lemon
- 1 tsp oregano dried
- 1 tsp thyme dried
- 1 tsp rosemary dried
Instructions
- Soak the cashews in water for at least 1 hour but preferably overnight.
- Cook the pasta according to the package. After draining leave in the pan. With the lid on to keep warm.
- Bake the mushrooms. With a tablespoon of olive oil or add just a bit of water.
- Press the garlic. Use 3 cloves to bake with the mushrooms.
- Add the herbs to the mushrooms.
- Mix the cashews with the spinach, 1 clove of pressed garlic and the juice of 1 lemon. Add as much water as needed for a thick sauce. If you want to use it, add a tablespoon of olive oil.
- Add the sauce to the pasta, mix. Then add the mushrooms.
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Notes
- Off course you can substitute for any kind of pasta you like or have available.
Nutrition Information
Calories
499kcal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
67g
(22%)
Protein
27g
(54%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
(12%)
Monounsaturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Sodium
15mg
(1%)
Potassium
1397mg
(30%)
Fiber
30g
(120%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
226IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
35mg
(39%)
Calcium
120mg
(12%)
Iron
9mg
(50%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 499
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 499kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 67g | 22% |
| Protein | 27g | 54% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Sodium | 15mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 1397mg | 30% |
| Fiber | 30g | 120% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 226IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 35mg | 39% |
| Calcium | 120mg | 12% |
| Iron | 9mg | 50% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.