Veggie Spaghetti Bolognese

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We're finally into February and many of us are still stuck at home, I wanted to try and get more vegetables into both mine and Skye's diet so decided to give this Veggie Spaghetti Bolognese dish a try from the Pinch of Nome Everyday Light recipe book.

This recipe is in the Batch Cook chapter, meaning you can cook for the whole family or cook and freeze for later days if you're busy and one of the essential workers that have to keep on working during this scary and difficult time.

Let's get cooking!

Ingredients:

Low-calorie cooking spray

1 onion, peeled and finely diced

3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed

1 medium carrot, peeled and finely diced

1 small courgette, finely diced

1 x 400g tin green lentils, drained

100g mushrooms, sliced

3 tbsp tomato puree

1 x 400 g tin chopped tomatoes

1 x 500 g carton passata

1 tbsp dried oregano

1 tbsp dried basil

1 red wine stock pot

1 vegetable stock pot

sea salt and freshly ground pepper

240 g spaghetti

Spray a wok with the low-calorie cooking spray, and place on a medium heat. Next add the onion, garlic cloves, carrot and courgette and cook for 5 minutes, until they're starting to soften.

Next add the green lentils, mushrooms, tomato puree, tin chopped tomatoes, passata, oregano and basil, and give it all a good mix together.

Now add both the red wine and vegetable stock pots and stir into the sauce.

Leave the Bolognese to simmer over a medium hear for 25 minutes, until the sauce has reduced slightly and the vegetables are soft.

While the Bolognese is cooking, cook your spaghetti according to the packet instructions.

Serve as soon as the pasta is cooked.

I decided to try this dish because Spaghetti Bolognese is a favourite in our house, so thought it would be a big hit, while I really enjoyed it, Skye wasn't a big fan and missed the meat.

I thought the flavours were perfect and I'd happily cook this again to freeze 4 servings to have at later dates, to make sure I was still eating healthily.

If you would like to batch cook, cool the Bolognese within 2 hours of cooking, then divide into individual servings and freeze immediately.

If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe books in all major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

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