Super Six mushroom & lentil ragu

Ingredients

• 200g wholegrain pasta (linguine, spaghetti, tagliatelle etc)
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 celery stick
• 1 medium carrot
• 1 red pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
• 150g mushrooms of choice,
• 400ml vegetable stock
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 tsp mixed italian herbs
• 1 tin whole tomatoes
• 1 tin green lentils, drained and rinsed
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• Salt
• pepper
• 50g walnuts, chopped (optional)
• 2 tbsp soy sauce (optional)
• 1 tbsp miso paste (optional)
• Green mixed leaf salad
• Nutritional yeast or Parmesan cheese
• Fresh basil leaves