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#WFD – Lentil Bolognaise With Sweet Potato Mash

Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve with sweet potato mash.

POLOWKANE – This is the perfect dish for our vegetarian readers!

What’s for Dinner suggests putting Knorr’s Spaghetti Bolognaise Dry-Cook-In-Sauce to the test by adding great flavour to this healthier alternative of this irresistible classic.

Ingredients

– 1 kg orange sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
– 30ml oil
– 1 onion (150g), chopped
– 2 tomatoes (240g), chopped
– 140g carrots, peeled and cubed
– 1 punnet (250g) button mushrooms, sliced
– 2 tins brown lentils, drained and washed
– 400ml water
– KNORR Spaghetti Bolognaise Dry Cook-in-Sauce
– 50g tomato paste

Method

– To prepare the sweet potato mash place the peeled and cubed sweet potatoes in a pot of salted water and bring to the boil or alternatively steam.

– When soft drain then mash with a little butter until smooth.
– In a pan, brown the onion in oil. Add the carrots, tomatoes and mushrooms and cook until soft.
– Add the lentils and water to the pan, stir in the contents of the pouch and the tomato paste and bring to the boil while stirring.
– Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve with sweet potato mash.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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