The Humanist Guild

Lentil Ragu (Lentil Bolognese) Two Sentence Recipe Fry onions, carrots, celery and garlic together, add red lentils, canned tomatoes, tomato puree and herbs.  Cook until reduced and lentils are to the desired texture, then add to separately cooked pasta. Very Basic Recipe Ingredients Oil for frying (light canola/olive oil) 1 Onion (chopped) 2 garlic cloves (thinly chopped or crushed) 250g red lentils 1 can of tomatoes 1 tbsp Vinegar 1 tsp sugar ½ tsp salt 250g pasta (spaghetti or shells works well) Instructions - Fry onion and garlic for 2 minutes -Add rest of ingredients cook until lentils are soft but still have bite -Cook pasta separately -Combine and eat! Basic Recipe – 2/3 servings Ingredients 1 Onion (chopped) 1-2 celery sticks (thinly chopped) 1-2 carrots (grated) 250g red lentils 2 garlic cloves (thinly chopped or crushed) 1 can of tomatoes 500ml vegetable stock (can be left...

10 Recipes to Save the World Jamie Oliver suggested everyone should know 10 recipes before they leave school, so they were able to cook healthy nutritious food from real ingredients.  His list was written from the point of view of human health, which is important but to those of us that have Humanist aligned values, it is not the only thing. We might want a different 10 recipes that would help protect the environment, prevent animal cruelty and human suffering.  They should be inexpensive and accessible to everyone, they should also be the kind of food you can buy cheaply and keep in the back of the cupboard so you are ready for hard times, should that be a surprise loss of income or being unable to leave your home for a period of time. "A good start to solving the problem, is not being part of the problem." this might mean we are also in a position to help others at times of crisis. So these  10 Recipes to Save the World  will be plant based and focused on hum...