Fill the saucepan with water, add a good pinch of salt and bring to a boil over high heat.
Prep the veggies
Slice the 2 yellow onions and chop the 2 garlic cloves. Wash the 300 g of mushrooms and slice them. Drain the 400 g of green lentils and chop the parsley.
Cook the pasta
Pour the 200 g of whole wheat pasta into the boiling water and cook for the time on the package, usually 10 to 11 min. Save half a glass of pasta water before draining.
Sauté the onions
Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in the skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and cook them 5 min, stirring, then add the garlic for 1 min.
Sear the mushrooms
Add the 2nd tbsp of olive oil to the skillet, then the mushrooms. Brown them over fairly high heat 6 to 7 min, without stirring too much. Salt and pepper.
Tip · Don't stir the mushrooms too much at first: let them color on one side before flipping them, or they release their water and boil instead of browning.
Warm the lentils
Add the drained lentils to the skillet and heat them 3 min over medium heat, stirring. Add a splash of pasta water if things stick.
Toss and serve
Drain the pasta and tip it into the skillet. Toss 1 min, adjust the salt and pepper, then sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Tip · Whole wheat pasta soaks up sauce fast: add a little of the pasta water you saved to keep the dish silky.
And there you go, it's readyCheck off every step to celebrate.
The questions you're asking
short answers, numbers you can check
How many calories in a serving?
One serving has about 725 kcal. 56% comes from carbs, 17% from protein and 21% from fat.
102 gCarbs
30 gProtein
17 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy
725 kcal
Protein
30.2 g
Carbs
102.4 g
of which sugars
5.8 g
Fat
17.3 g
of which saturated fat
2.6 g
Fiber
18.6 g
Salt
1.5 g
Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.
How much does it cost?
About $3.14 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.
≈ $6.28for 2 people
≈ $3.14a serving
Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.
How long does it keep?
2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.
2 daysin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before