All the veg bolognaise sauce
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 316.0
- Total Fat: 16.0 g
- Cholesterol: 46.9 mg
- Sodium: 736.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 28.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 7.7 g
- Protein: 16.4 g
View full nutritional breakdown of All the veg bolognaise sauce calories by ingredient
Introduction
This is a good way I use up all the veg i've got in the house. It's also a good way to hide vegetables from picky adults and children. This is a good way I use up all the veg i've got in the house. It's also a good way to hide vegetables from picky adults and children.Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
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.5 tbsp olive oil
Onions, raw, 1 large
Green Peppers (bell peppers), 1 cup, chopped
Eggplant, fresh, 1 eggplant, unpeeled (approx 1-1/4 lb, diced
Zucchini, 2 cup, sliced
Mushrooms, fresh, 1 cup pieces
Carrots, raw, 1 cup, chopped
garlic, 4 cloves, minced
.5 tbsp olive oil
Ground beef, lean, 500 grams
*Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average, 10 large whole (3" dia) , diced, or 1 one 400gm tin chopped tomatoes
Tomato Sauce, 2 cup
Tomato Paste, .25 can (6 oz)
1 small glass red wine
Water, tap, 1 cup (8 fl oz)
dried chili flakes, 1 pinch
Brown Sugar, scant 1 tsp unpacked
*Fennel seed, 1 tsp , ground
Salt, 1 tsp
Pepper, black, .5 tsp
Basil, 12 leaves, minced
Parsley, 5 sprigs, minced
Oregano, ground, 1 tbsp, or 2 tbsp fresh, minced
Thyme, fresh, 3 tsp, minced, or 3 sprigs
Directions
Makes 8 - 10 X 1 cup or 6 larger servings.
Chop all of the veg.
Heat .5 tbsp olive oil in a lage pot.
Add the veg and stir. Let it simmer slowly until all the veg has cooked down and softened.
Remove from the pot to a large bowl.
Add another .5 tbsp olive oil and brown the ground beef off.
Add the vegetables back. Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste. Use the red wine and water to rinse out the tins and add that to the pot.
Add a pinch dried chili flakes, the scant tsp brown sugar, fennel seed, salt and pepper to taste. If using fresh thyme sprigs these can be added now. Don't worry about removing the leaves from the stalks.
Stir everything together. Bring up to the boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for at least 2 hours.
Stir every 10 - 15 minutes.
Remove the lid the last 15 minutes if it needs to thicken and increase the heat slightly.
The final 5 minutes of cooking add the herbs.
Serving ideas:
as a topping over spaghetti or in a baked potato, as a filling in an omelette.
Freezes well.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WITCHYMUMMY.
Chop all of the veg.
Heat .5 tbsp olive oil in a lage pot.
Add the veg and stir. Let it simmer slowly until all the veg has cooked down and softened.
Remove from the pot to a large bowl.
Add another .5 tbsp olive oil and brown the ground beef off.
Add the vegetables back. Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste. Use the red wine and water to rinse out the tins and add that to the pot.
Add a pinch dried chili flakes, the scant tsp brown sugar, fennel seed, salt and pepper to taste. If using fresh thyme sprigs these can be added now. Don't worry about removing the leaves from the stalks.
Stir everything together. Bring up to the boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for at least 2 hours.
Stir every 10 - 15 minutes.
Remove the lid the last 15 minutes if it needs to thicken and increase the heat slightly.
The final 5 minutes of cooking add the herbs.
Serving ideas:
as a topping over spaghetti or in a baked potato, as a filling in an omelette.
Freezes well.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WITCHYMUMMY.