Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Lentil Bolognese
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves how lentils are cheap and fill you up!
Serves
4
Prep
15 min
Cook
30 min
Level
⭐⭐ Getting Confident
⚠️ Allergen Information
🌾Gluten (Cereals)
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •200 g red lentils
- •1 onion
- •2 cloves garlic
- •2 tins tinned tomatoes
- •2 carrots
- •300 ml vegetable stock
- •300 g pasta
- •2 tbsp olive oil
- •4 leaves basil
🔧 Equipment
saucepanchopping boardknifecolander
📝 Method
🔥 Oven/Cooking temperature: Hob medium
- 1Adult: chop the onion, garlic and carrots.
- 2Heat the oil and cook the onion for 5 minutes.
- 3Add the garlic and carrots. Cook for 3 minutes.
- 4Add the lentils and tinned tomatoes.
- 5Pour in the stock and simmer for 25 minutes.
- 6Cook the pasta.
- 7Mix the sauce with the pasta.
- 8Scatter basil on top.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Stir the sauce
- ✓ Add lentils
- ✓ Scatter basil
- ✓ Mix with pasta
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Use the hob
- ⚠️ Use a sharp knife
- ⚠️ Handle hot pan
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Lentils must be cooked until soft — undercooked lentils can cause upset stomachs
- • Cook until piping hot
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try adding mushrooms or a tin of kidney beans.
