Instant Pot Lentil Pasta With Kale and Cauliflower Alfredo

Instant Pot Lentil Pasta With Kale Cauliflower Alfredo is seriously delicious and on your table in less than thirty minutes.   The pasta cooks in 15 minutes, and the cauliflower alfredo and kale are done in less than 15 minutes.  Yes, it is that quick, that easy, that nutritious and, incredibly tasty.

Why lentil pasta?  In addition to being gluten free, the green lentil penne pasta that I used in this recipe has 7  grams of fiber and 14 grams of protein for an approximately 1 cup serving! When you compare to traditional flour pasta that has 2 grams of fiber and 8 grams of protein, it is an easy decision for me.  This dish is perfect for a quick dinner, and, despite all the hidden nutrition, the kids will love it.  Vegan, gluten free and dairy free.

Tools Of The Trade Used In This Recipe:

I made this recipe in the Instant Pot 6 Quart Pressure Cooker.    Check out my review of the Instant Pot, and see all the delicious recipes that I have made with this gadget that replaces 9 kitchen tools!

Steps For Preparing Lentil Pasta With Alfredo Sauce

Add all alfredo ingredients to Instant Pot.  Cook on high pressure for 3 minutes.  Release.  Blend with hand blender to create sauce.

Cook pasta according to package directions and drain.

Cook kale in microwave for 2 minutes.  Add to pasta.  Add cauliflower alfredo to pasta and kale.

Mix well

Serve

Serving Options For Lentil Pasta With Kale and Alfredo Sauce

• This alfredo sauce is very versatile; it can be served on other vegetables, including broccoli and zucchini
• If you prefer, you can also use quinoa pasta for a high protein dish
• The alfredo sauce can also be served as a dip with other vegetables like carrots, zucchini and broccoli

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Instant Pot Lentil Pasta With Kale Cauliflower Alfredo

Incredibly delicious cauliflower alfredo cooked in the Instant Pot in 3 minutes. When you add it to lentil pasta and kale, you have yummy dish, packed with fiber and protein.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword alfredo, kale, lentilpasta

Diet Category Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, diary free

Prep Time 24 minutes

Cook Time 6 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 10 cups

Calories 416kcal

Author greenschemetv

Ingredients

Pasta

• 9.5 oz box of green lentil penne pasta that is what I used, you can use any pasta that you like
• 4 cups water

Cauliflower Alfredo

• 5 cups minced cauliflower
• 1 tbsp horseradish mustard
• 2 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 cups almond or soy milk
• 3/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 6 cloves of garlic about garlic. I use packaged, pre-peeled garlic and it is less potent. If you use fresh from the bulb garlic, you may want to adjust and use less garlic.
• Juice of 1 lemon

Kale

• 7 cups of fresh baby kale

Instructions

Pasta

• Cook pasta according to package directions.
• Drain pasta and run cold water on it to prevent sticking. Set aside.

Cauliflower Alfredo

• Add all alfredo ingredients to Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 3 minutes. Quick release pressure.
• Using hand blender or high speed blender, blend alfredo sauce until it is smooth. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

Kale

• Cook Kale 2 minutes in microwave. This will result in al-dente, crispy kale.
• Mix pasta and kale. Add alfredo sauce.

Notes

1. Remember that the Instant Pot takes 15-20 minutes to heat up before you can actually cook with it. Keep this in mind and start the heat up process while you are preparing your ingredients

2. About garlic. I use packaged, pre-peeled garlic and it is less potent. If you use fresh from the bulb garlic, you may want to adjust and use less garlic).

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 416kcal

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