Description
Garlic & Sweet Potato Lentil Stew is a hearty, nourishing dish that marries the earthy flavors of red lentils with the creamy sweetness of roasted sweet potatoes and aromatic garlic.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup red lentils
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and diced (about 2 cups)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 cups fresh spinach
- 2 tsp cumin
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Prepare your ingredients by dicing the sweet potatoes and chopping the onion and garlic.
- In a large pot over medium heat, add olive oil. Saut? onion and garlic until translucent (about 5 minutes).
- Add sweet potato cubes and cumin; cook for an additional 3 minutes.
- Stir in red lentils and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer covered for about 20 minutes until lentils are tender.
- In the last five minutes of cooking, add spinach until wilted.
- Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper to taste before serving hot.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Main
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: Vegetarian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 54g
- Fiber: 14g
- Protein: 14g
- Cholesterol: 0mg