Ferry Boat Spaghetti With Spiced Lentils

This meatless version of a classic Greek pasta dish has a few surprising but delicious spices.

An unexpected combination of spices, most notably cinnamon, gives this healthy pasta dish a warming flavor. Vasilis Stenos

Lentils stand in for ground meat in Diane Kochilas’s vegan version of the classic Greek pasta dish makaronia me kima—more prosaically called vaporisia makaronia, or ferry boat pasta.

“The spices and flavorings are the same as in the classic version, especially the telltale use of cinnamon,” she writes in “The Ikaria Way.” “It makes for a hearty, warming pasta dish that’s easy, healthy, and inexpensive to prepare.”