My favorite easy high-protein pasta recipe

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Here’s a super simple pasta recipe that is a staple of my meal planning. It works great with any kind of pasta and any shape.

I love using red or yellow lentil pasta, which offers 13 to 23g of plant-based protein per serving. It is gluten-free but the taste and texture is the closest to traditional wheat pasta than anything else I’ve tried.

My favorite brands of lentil pasta are:

• Barilla, either rotini or penne
• Lensi penne

Ingredients

• 1 8-10 oz. box of pasta
• 1 jar spaghetti sauce. I like Ragu Simply, in traditional or chunky marinara.
• 1 lb. ground beef
• water
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise

Directions

1. Fill a pot with enough water to cook pasta. Bring to a boil. Add pasta and cook as directed on the box.
2. In another pot, brown ground beef. Then drain.
3. Put ground beef back on the stove, and add the sauce. Using the sauce jar, add 1/2 jar of water. Optional, but I also like to add 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise for creaminess. Let simmer while pasta boils.
4. Drain and rinse pasta. Then add pasta to the sauce and stir well.

Enjoy!

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