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5 a day Bolognaise

Slimming World extra easy syns: 0.0 per portion
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes

Traditional Spagbol, with some extra veggies. A great healthy choice.

Ingredients

  • 500 gms - Extra Lean Minced Beef
  • 1 - Onion, finely chopped
  • 1 - Celery Stick, finely chopped
  • 1 - Carrot, diced
  • 1 - Courgettes, finely diced
  • 1 - Beef Oxo Cubes
  • 25 gms - Mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 x 400 gms - can of chopped Tomatoes/passata
  • 1 tbsp - Tomato Puree
  • 2 - Garlic cloves, crushed
  • Splash - Worchestershire Sauce
  • Fry Light
  • 1 tsp - Dried Mixed Herbs
  • Dried Spagetti
  • 28 gms - Low fat Cheddar

Method

  1. Spray the pan with FryLight, Add onions and cook until soft.
  2. Add crushed garlic, and a splash of water, if required to stop it burning. Crumble minced beef into the pan and allow to brown, stir occasionally.
  3. Add mixed herbs, salt and pepper and crumble in the Oxo Cube, simmer for 2 minutes, stirring.
  4. Add Mushrooms, courgette, celery and carrot, You can also add any other finely diced vegetables at this point. Add Tin tomatoes/passata, and stir through.
  5. Add tomato puree and a splash of Worchestershire sauce.
  6. Turn the heat to low and allow to simmer for 30 minutes.
  7. In another large pan, bring water to the boil and add enough spagetti to suit and boil as per the packet instructions.
  8. Drain Spagetti, and serve with a spoonful of the sauce on top and a light sprinkling of cheese (add the syns or use as your HEA.
Tuesday the 24th of April, 2012 12:08 PM
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