REI Backpacking Recipe: Red Lentil Marinara

Red Lentil Marinara
Full recipe at: https://www.rei.com/blog/camp/....backpacking-recipes-

This vegetarian red lentil marinara sauce is a great way to bump up your protein while enjoying a big comforting bowl of pasta.

While our overall calorie count is important while backpacking, we also want to make sure we’re getting those calories from the right places too. After a long, tiring day out on the trail, we know it’s important to get some protein into our system. The protein will help our muscles repair overnight and keep us feeling full throughout the night. So we came up with a way to introduce some more protein into one of our favorite comfort foods: pasta with red lentil sauce.