Mel Kettle, one of my Twitter pals and a serious foodie, has given me this great recipe: "I love lentils. And I really don't cook with them often enough. And I don't know why. They are easy to cook, cheap, full of fibre and other stuff nutritionists love, low in calories, and really, really yummy!"
Mel says: "When I was a kid, mum used to always add lentils to her spag bol to add extra "goodness" and to make the mince go further. I really wasn't a lentil lover until probably my early 20s. However I did love her spag bol. Despite years of trying, I've never been able to replicate the flavour. Maybe one day..."
With 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese: 1,625 kJ (390 calories), 8g fat (2g saturated fat), 55g carbohydrate (8g sugars), 8g fibre and 430mg sodium.