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Pasta with Sausage, Red Onion & Lentils

Cooking Instructions:

• 10-ounce box Lundberg Rotini Brown Rice Pasta, cooked and drizzled with olive oil, kept warm. Reserve 1 cup of pasta cooking water
• 1/2 cup dried lentils
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1-1/2 cups red onion, chopped (about 1/2 large onion)
• 1 pound Italian sausage, crumbled (pork, turkey or chicken)
• 3/4 cup red or white wine
• 15-ounce can diced tomatoes
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1/8-1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• Romano cheese, grated for garnish

Cook lentils in small saucepan of boiling water, until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium-high heat and add onion and sausage; sauté until sausage is cooked, until no longer pink. Add wine, lentils, red pepper, parsley and diced tomatoes and heat through. Pour in reserved pasta water if additional liquid is needed.

To serve, place cooked Rotini in the bottom of individual bowls,  ladle sausage, red onion and lentil mixture on top, and garnish with a generous amount of grated Romano cheese. Serves 4.