Mushroom Walnut Bolognese

Deep, slow-simmered ragù of minced mushrooms, walnuts, and lentils over whole-wheat rigatoni.

💪 Where's the protein? Right here — 26g

Brown lentils (12g)
Whole-wheat pasta (9g)
Walnuts (5g)

🍃 Sugar-Free Option

No added sweeteners in this recipe — it's sugar-free as written. Any sugars in the nutrition panel come from whole vegetables, grains, and fruit only.

Ingredients (all organic)

✓Cremini mushrooms, 3 cups, minced
✓Walnuts, 1/3 cup, chopped fine
✓Cooked brown lentils, 3/4 cup
✓Crushed tomatoes, 1.5 cups
✓Whole-wheat rigatoni, 3 oz dry
✓Carrot + celery + onion
✓Garlic, 3 cloves
✓Red wine, 1/4 cup (optional)
✓Basil + oregano

Dotted ⓘ ingredients have photos and store locations in the field guide.

How to Prep

1Brown mushrooms hard in a dry pan until their water is gone.
2Add soffritto and garlic; cook 5 minutes, deglaze with wine.
3Stir in walnuts, lentils, tomatoes; simmer 25 minutes low.
4Toss with al dente rigatoni and a ladle of pasta water.

🔪 Starting from raw? The basics (1)

Cooking brown or green lentils

No soaking needed. Cover with 3 inches of water, simmer 20–25 minutes until tender but intact, then drain. 1 cup dry makes about 2½ cups.

#pasta#comfort#high-protein#freezer-friendly

📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

Every ingredient above is stocked organic at these local spots:

Whole Foods Market — Lakeview
Fresh Thyme Market — Bucktown
Pete's Fresh Market — Bridgeport
Mariano's — Throughout Chicagoland
Dill Pickle Food Co-op — Logan Square
Sugar Beet Food Co-op — Oak Park

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Mushroom Walnut Bolognese

Ingredients (all organic)

How to Prep

📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

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