Easy Vegan Bolognese Sauce Recipe - Great For Plant Based Meal Prep!

red lentils

🥗Healthier: green lentils

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Canned beans are often less expensive and quicker to prepare.

nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: parmesan cheese

Parmesan cheese adds a similar umami flavor but is not vegan.

Prepare quinoa and lentils earlier as a salad and place them into a pot.

Add dried parsley to the pot.

Add spinach leaves to the pot.

Pour in some water to the jar of quinoa and shake it up to get the remaining ingredients out.

Pour the water from the jar into the pot to avoid waste.

Stir everything together in the pot.

Turn on the heat and bring the mixture to a higher simmer.

Let the sauce sit for 10-15 minutes until it thickens.

Check the sauce after 10 minutes; it should be a beautiful rich and hot steamy sauce.

Serve the sauce over pasta, rice, or use in other dishes like lasagna or stuffed bell peppers.

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