Easy Bolognese Sauce

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!!

Following is my really basic Bolognese recipe which then forms the basis of a number of meals I make for the fam!! It freezes really well and is so handy on the nights I have worked as dinner is pretty much done. I will usually do a batch of this at the beginning of each week, interchanging between chicken mince and beef mince… the recipe below makes a couple of meals depending on the size portions you need. Seriously, this recipe is very, very easy, delicious and so wonderfully versatile!!

Bolognese

 500 grams mince (beef or chicken)

1 large onion

2-3 cups of finely grated vegies – whatever needs using in the fridge! Generally I use zucchini, carrots, sweet potato and broccoli… this is such a wonderful way to ‘hide vegies’!!

2 cans diced tomatoes, I make sure they are ‘organic certified’ and the ingredients are literally diced tomatoes and tomato juice

½ cup of water

1 clove garlic (crushed)

2 teaspoons mixed herbs or sometimes I use fresh basil and thyme if available

Grapeseed oil

Pepper to taste

-          Add some oil to a pan and heat on medium

-          Add the onions and garlic and fry until onions become translucent

-          Add the mince and brown

-          Add the vegies, herbs, tinned toms and 1/2 cup of water and bring to the boil

-          Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 mins . turn the hot plate off and allow to cool

-          Once cooled, I then blend the mix up through the food processor (or blender) to disguise all the vegies

Some of the different meals….

- ‘Spaghetti Bolognese’ I usually serve with some basmati rice, rice noodles or quinoa as K does not appear to have a reaction to them.

- ‘tacos’ using an iceberg lettuce, peel off the leaves and cut down to size to use as the ‘shells’. Then add Bolognese, grated cheese, avocado and Greek yoghurt. Sometimes I just wrap the bolognese in lettuce and call it 'San Choy Bow' (to give the kids some culinary diversity! :) )

- stuffed capsicums – recipe to be added soon

-vegie lasagna – recipe to be added soon

I’m sure there are heaps more options too… would love people to share ideas!!!

Enjoy!

Jess