I don’t often buy red meat, but when I do I like to make sure we eat it in small amounts. Adding lentils and extra vegetables is a great way to bulk out a meal and give it added nutrients. It also makes the meal go a lot further and saves you money too.
This Clean Eating Kale, Lentil and Pork Ragu is one of my favourite recipes and it’s all thanks to the lentils. I love lentils and these tiny protein packed brown lentils are the best. They are Cooks and Co and I get them in a tin, ready to eat from Ocado. They are packed in water with no added salt or sugar and cost around 69p – bargain!
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Clean Eating Kale, Lentil and Pork Ragu
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This Clean Eating Kale, Lentil and Pork Ragu is one of my favourite recipes and it's all thanks to the lentils. I love lentils and these tiny protein packed brown lentils are the best.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Olive Oil
- 1 Red Onion finely diced
- 2 large handfuls Kale finely sliced
- 250 grams Lean Pork Mince
- 2 large cloves Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Dried Basil
- 2 teaspoons Dried Oregano
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Garlic Powder/Granuals
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Onion Powder/Granuals
- 1/2 teaspoon Fine Sea Salt (a scant 1/2 teaspoon - just under 1/2 teaspoon)
- 390 grams Chopped Tomatoes from a carton
- 400 ml Water
- 400 grams Brown Lentils from a tin - drained and rinsed
Instructions
- Put the oil into a saucepan and add the diced onion and kale and cook on a low heat for 2-3 minutes until softened a little.
- Add the pork mince and stir to prevent it sticking.
- Once the pork is cooked through (all white, no pink) mince in 2 cloves of garlic and add the basil, oregano, garlic powder, onion granules and sea salt.
- Give it a stir and let it cook for about 30 seconds before adding the chopped tomatoes and water,
- Bring to the boil.
- Once bubbling, turn the heat down a little and let it bubble away for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- After 20 minutes, turn the heat down to low and add the drained, rinsed tin of lentils. Stir and cover for 5 minutes until the lentils have heated through. (Stir occasionally to ensure the lentils don't stick to the bottom of the pan).
- Serve with wholegrain pasta of choice (I used wholewheat tagliatelle) or serve on top of a baked sweet potato with a large side salad.
This is so tasty, however do you add any corn starch to help thicken the sauce? My sauce seems really watery, it could be due to not using the chopped tomatoes from a carton as they only seem to sell chopped tomatoes in tins.
Hmmm… I haven’t ever needed to use corn starch to thicken it. I guess the tomatoes could have made a diffenece, but probably not likely. Was it a 400g tin? The only thing I can suggest is to simmer it for longer, or over a higher heat, but I will redo the recipe to double check the measurements are correct. I’m glad it tasted good though!
That looks great I shall try that tommies
Salmon, Prawns and spinach curry – very tasty
Is that done with one of those spiral machines? x
I just use a julienne peeler, the one I have is listed in this blog post 🙂 https://thekitchenshed.co.uk/my-kitchen-tools/
Brilliant thank you x
Summertime salmon and quinoa
Love it!
I ordered this one today, came recommended and a good price 🙂 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00PGRJTWC/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?pc_redir=T1&ref_=cm_sw_r_awd_cUSFvbK5ASHB0
Roast dinner for us (chicken)
Oooh lovely!
Having quinoa salad with feta
Gorgeous!
Yummy we had tom pastas lol tinned tomato carrot onion mushrooms and wholemeal spaghetti then homemade garlic chiabata slice x
Lush!
I made the turkey burgers for the first time n added wee bita kale to the mix, delic!! X
Great idea! Sounds lovely!
That looks amazing we intend to get one of those peelers very soon is it just courgette or do u mix it in with noodles or pasta??
This was just courgette today but you could add anything you fancied 🙂
wow cool nope i think we will try it out on our low carb day 🙂 looks like some very colourful food experiments comiing up cant wait! have you seen it anywhere other than lakeland??
We had chicken (leftover from the roast) rocket and pesto quinoa salad. Best bit was this morning my 4 yr old threw a tantrum about not liking quinoa, this evening she asked for seconds. I did have to tell her the rocket was spinach though.
Hahaha! Bless her, that is so brilliant! ❤️
Omg, just realised she’s actually 5, they must stop this growing malarkey!
Paprika chicken, roasted butternut squash & aubergine with brown rice
Beef chilli but with lots of beans to fill me up, with brown rice 😉
Mmmm! One of my favourite things to eat!
Stuffed peppers (brown rice, butter beans, onion, garlic, chilli, chopped mushrooms, chicken stock and a bit of cheese), roasted butternut squash and salmon
Gorgeous!
Turkey mince,passatta and garlic, courgette spaghetti and roasted veg 🙂
That looks beautiful!
Let’s just say I’m having a bad day! Need to work on my willpower
Do tinned tomatoes as an ingredient still count as clean? If so I had been and lentil enchiladas – oh wait tortillas from shop won’t be? It was yummy though
That does sound good! Tinned tomatoes can be clean!
Left over pulled pork & spinach in a wrap… Just what I needed after boot camp!
We had chilli- would have had it with courgette spaghetti but forgot to buy them this week so I had sainsburys wholewheat spelt spaghetti instead.
And the recipes keep rolling in…Emma Lyons…..
Wholewheat penne with turkey mince and lentil bolognese. Made a batch yesterday and it was perfect after rushing about this evening after work. Very homey!
Look sooooo good
Wow!! Love this. I know that this is going to become a regular meal in our household.
Both myself and my two kids (age 5 &7) loved this recipe. Thank you 🙂