Lentil bolognese

A Italian dinner for the galley that copes with rough seas, can be made ahead and frozen, needs no fridge, about 45 min hands-on.

  • Dinner
  • Italian
  • ⏱ 45 min
  • 🌊 Sea tolerance 4/5
  • 🪨 Bare bones
  • vegan
  • vegetarian
  • pescatarian
  • kosher
  • halal

Ingredients

For 4 servings (one normal-appetite adult each). Per serving in brackets.

  • Green/brown lentils (dried)240 g (60 g)
  • Dried pasta (durum wheat)360 g (90 g)
  • Canned chopped tomatoes600 g (150 g)
  • Onion (brown/yellow)200 g (≈ 2 onions) (50 g (≈ 0.5 onion))
  • Carrot160 g (≈ 2.5 carrots) (40 g (≈ 0.5 carrot))
  • Garlic (bulb)20 g (≈ 0.5 bulb) (5 g)
  • Dried oregano4 g (1 g)
  • Sunflower / vegetable oil32 g (8 g)

Method

  1. Soften onion, carrot and garlic in oil.
  2. Add lentils, tomatoes, oregano and 150 ml water per serving; simmer 30 minutes.
  3. Cook pasta and toss with the sauce.

In the galley

  • Copes with a seaway — 4/5 for sea tolerance.
  • Stow the main ingredients in a cool, dark locker — nothing here needs a fridge.
  • Make ahead: cook in port and freeze in portions.
  • Contains: Gluten — always check the labels of what you buy.

Per serving

🌾 Fibre-rich

kcal
686
protein
29 g
fat
11 g
carbs
121 g
sugar
12 g
fibre
15 g

From USDA FoodData Central, raw weights — a planning guide, not a label.

Nutrition per serving: USDA FoodData Central — SR Legacy (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service), weighted by each ingredient's grams — a planning guide, not a label. Quantities follow standard portion sizes; this recipe hasn't been tested in a real galley yet. How we make recipes

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