Fill the large saucepan with water, add the pinch of salt and cover. Put it over high heat until it boils.
Prep the veggies
While the water heats up, slice the onion, crush and chop the garlic, and cut the 270 g of zucchini into small dice. Chop the parsley.
Cook the red lentils
Pour the 80 g of red lentils into the boiling water and let them simmer 10 min, until tender. Drain them in the colander, set them aside and bring the water in the saucepan back to a boil.
Tip · Chop the veggies while the lentils cook, and keep an eye on them: red lentils go from tender to mush fast.
Cook the whole wheat pasta
Drop the 160 g of whole wheat pasta into the boiling water and cook 10 min, or according to the package. Save a small glass of pasta water, then drain.
Sauté the onion
While the pasta cooks, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in the skillet over medium heat. Cook the onion 3 min, stirring, then add the garlic and curry powder for 30 seconds.
Sauté the zucchini
Add the zucchini to the skillet with the pepper. Sauté over high heat 5 min, until golden but still firm.
Tip · Don't stir the zucchini nonstop and don't cover the skillet, or it releases its water and boils instead of browning.
Toss it all
Add the pasta and lentils to the skillet with the remaining 0.5 tbsp of olive oil. Toss 2 min over medium heat, with a little pasta water if it's dry.
Serve with the parsley
Taste and adjust the salt if needed. Divide between two plates and sprinkle with parsley.
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 548 kcal. 57% comes from carbs, 17% from protein and 21% from fat.
78 gCarbs
23 gProtein
13 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy
548 kcal
Protein
23 g
Carbs
78.1 g
of which sugars
6.8 g
Fat
12.7 g
of which saturated fat
2.1 g
Fiber
13.7 g
Salt
0.3 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 $1.58 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.
≈ $3.16for 2 people
≈ $1.58a 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