Dinner

Pasta-touille is for Dinner.

Pasta-touille takes 50 minutes to prepare.

Pasta-touille takes 40 minutes to cook.

Pasta-touille makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Pasta-touille are:

5 cups cubed, unpeeled eggplant (about 2 medium-large)
1 cup dry red lentils or dry split peas
1 ? cups water
1 ? cups marinara sauce
1 (28 oz) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
2 tbsp no-salt-added tomato paste
5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tbsp minced dried onion
1 tsp dried parsley
1 tsp dried basil
? tsp fennel seeds
? tsp paprika
? tsp salt
1 ? cups diced cooked chicken
1 ? lbs short-cut whole grain pasta
4 medium zucchini, spiralized
2 (7 oz) jars roasted red bell pepper slices, drained
10.5 oz fresh mozzarella, torn into small pieces
5 oz ch?vre, crumbled

Here is how you make Pasta-touille:

Eggplant:Heat the oven to 425?F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment. Spread out the eggplant cubes and mist with spray oil.Roast for 25 minutes, stirring halfway through. Remove and set aside.Reduce oven to 350?F. Sauce:Combine lentils and water in a large pot.Bring to the boil, then turn down and simmer, covered, 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.Stir in marinara, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, dried onion, parsley, basil, fennel, paprika, salt and chicken. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.Pasta and Assembly:Coat a large casserole dish or Dutch oven with cooking spray.Cook the pasta 3 minutes shy of al dente, drain and transfer to the Dutch oven.Stir in the zucchini, pepper slices, eggplant, half the mozzarella and chevre, and all the sauce.Tope with remaining cheese.Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes or until bubbly around edges and cheese is melted.Broil for 5 minutes until cheese is browned.Serving Size: Makes 10 hearty portionsNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Pasta-touille is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 509.3

• Total Fat: 12.5 g
• Cholesterol: 46.6 mg
• Sodium: 584.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 76.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 13.7 g
• Protein: 28.1 g

Pasta-touille is French cuisine.