Red Wine Pasta

• • pasta type of preference
• • can of chopped tomatoes
• • can of lentils
• • large handful of spinach
• • 2 dessert spoons of tomato paste
• • olive oil
• • teaspoon of crushed garlic
• • 4 mushrooms (portobello or button) sliced or cubed
• • 1 small brown onion roughly chopped
• • 1 table spoon mixed herbs
• • ½-1 cup red wine
• • ¼ cup white wine (optional)

1. boil water in a pot and add in pasta. Cook until al dente

2. while pasta is cooking, in a separate pot cook onion, garlic and mushroom in olive oil until onion is clear and mushroom is cooked through and soft

3. mix in lentils and heat through for 1-2 minutes

4. add in tomatoes and tomato paste, mix all together

5. mix in wine(s) and herbs, leave to simmer for four-five minutes mixing occasionally

6. drain pasta and add to other pot

7. add in spinach, mix and cook until spinach has turned soft and dark green