Description
This is filling and filling, great on a cold evening.
Ingredients
- Swiss Chard
- Lentils
- Onion
- Garlic Cloves
- Cumin Seed
- Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
- Fresh Coarse Ground Black Pepper
- Water
- Dry Linguine
- Salt
- Neufchatel Cheese
- Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Rinse and drain chard well
- Trim off coarse stem ends
- Then cut stems crosswise into 1 / 4-inch-wide strips and set aside
- Cover chard leaves and refrigerate
- In a 3-quart or larger electric cooker, combine chard stems, lentils, onion, garlic, cumin seeds, red pepper flakes, and black pepper
- Pour in water
- Cover and cook at low setting until lentils are tender when mashed with a fork
- Cut chard leaves crosswise into 1 / 2-inch-wide strips
- Stir into cooker
- Increase heat setting to high
- Cover and cook until chard is wilted and bright green
- Meanwhile, in a 5 to 6-quart pan, cook linguine in 3 quarts boiling water just until tender to bite
- Or cook according to package directions
- Drain well, pour into a warm wide 4-quart bowl
- Season lentil sauce to taste with salt
- Add lentil sauce and neufchatel cheese to linquine, mix lightly to coat well
- Offer parmesan cheese to add taste, if desired