Lentil Stew
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Lentil Stew

A hearty stew with brown lentils and root vegetables. Filling, budget-friendly and almost better the next day.

Prep time
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time
Cook time: 40 min
4 servings
4 servings
Difficulty
Easy

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Ingredients

  • Brown lentils250 g
  • Carrots2 piece
  • Potatoes3 piece
  • Celery1 stalk
  • Onion1 piece
  • Tomato paste1 tbsp
  • Vegetable stock1.2 l
  • Bay leaf1 piece
  • Vinegar1 dash
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Preparation

  1. 1

    Dice the onion, carrots, celery and potatoes and sweat them in oil in a large pot.

  2. 2

    Add the lentils and tomato paste and toast briefly.

  3. 3

    Pour in the vegetable stock and add a bay leaf. Cover and simmer for 30–40 minutes until the lentils are tender.

  4. 4

    Season to taste with salt, pepper and a dash of vinegar.

What makes this recipe special

The recipe comes first — no long preamble. Down here you'll find real numbers for this exact dish: season, plant diversity, meat in comparison.

Im Juni haben Karotte, Kartoffel und Zwiebel hier Saison — frischer und meist günstiger als importiert.

Why cooking in season pays off

Rein pflanzlich und mit 6 verschiedenen Pflanzenarten zahlt dieses Gericht direkt auf das Ziel von 30 Pflanzen pro Woche ein.

Why 30 plants a week?

Ganz ohne Fleisch oder Fisch — eine durchschnittliche Mahlzeit in Westeuropa kommt auf rund 60 g.

How mangia shows your balance

So viel zu diesem Gericht — wie sich deine ganze Woche summiert (Pflanzen, Fleisch, Saison), zeigt dir die mangia-Bilanz, ganz ohne Zählen.

What mangia can do

Avg. values: Western European nutrition studies · 30-plant goal: American Gut Project 2018 / ZOE

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