Spaghetti Bolognese

A delicious take on the traditional spaghetti bolognese with under 600 calories and over half of your five-a-day fruit and vegetables in one serving.

📝 Ingredients

• 300 g pasta (I used dried spaghetti)
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 500 g extra lean beef mince
• 3 medium carrots (about 250g)
• 1 stick of celery (about 80g)
• 1 onion
• 400 g can chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp tomato puree ((heaped))
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 50 ml ruby port
• 1 beef stock cube
• 100-200 ml water

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Heat the olive oil (1 tsp) in a large saucepan. Add the beef mince (500g) and cook until browned, stirring regularly to ensure it doesn't burn.
2. 2While the beef is browning, finely chop the onion.
3. 3Once the beef has browned, remove it from the pan and set aside. Add the chopped onion to the saucepan and cook on a low heat for 5 minutes, stirring regularly.
4. 4While the onion is cooking, peel and finely chop the carrot (3 carrots) and celery (1 stick).
5. 5Add the carrot and celery to the onion and cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring regularly.
6. 6Return the beef to the pan and add the chopped tomatoes (400g can), tomato puree (heaped tbsp), dried oregano (1 tsp), port (50ml) and beef stock cube. Add 100-200ml of water until the ingredients are just covered in liquid.
7. 7Bring to the boil and the simmer for 25 minutes until the liquid has reduced. Season with salt to taste (Personally I don't add any extra as I find there's enough in the stock cube to add the flavour I want).
8. 8While the bolognese is simmering, bring a pan of salted water to the boil, add the pasta and cook according to the packet instructions.
9. 9Drain the pasta and serve.