Good-for-you bolognese

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• Porri

  07 September 2008

  Porri rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This tasted nice, but looked nothing like the picture, maybe I processed the vegetables far too much, but the end result didn't look very appetising. Kids loved it and it did freeze very well so I will probably make it again...perhaps not going puree mad next time.

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• Beth

  15 September 2008

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• Beth

  15 September 2008

  Beth commented on this recipe

  I used red wine instead of water and I felt it needed some extra tomato so added some tomato puree at the end.

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• Abu Amin

  18 September 2008

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• Paul

  09 October 2008

  Paul commented on this recipe

  Didn't enjoy this at all. Very disappointing.

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• fiona

  21 December 2008

  fiona rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was horrible and looks NOTHING like the picture.

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• Mrs H

  06 January 2009

  Mrs H rated and commented on this recipe

  

  We weren't that impressed with the results of this recipe. The sweet carrot flavour overpowered that of the other ingredients.

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• cazzawatto

  09 January 2009

  cazzawatto rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This didn't look anything like the picture and didn't taste much like spaghetti bolognese. In fact the other half is going to be turned into shepherds pie! Carrot overpowered it completed and I'm not convinced it need that much water? Mine ended up looked very orange.

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• fluffyhelen

  28 June 2009

  fluffyhelen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  We use this recipe but also add cans of baked beans, kidney beans and sweetcorn. We also crumble over 2 beef stock cubes. Delicious!

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• Rhea

  29 June 2009

  Rhea rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Good idea with the blending of the vegetables but lacking in taste. I added a chilli and tomato puree and but was still disappointed with the flavour at first. We didn't eat it until later on though by which time the flavour had developed a bit. I put it in an ovenproof dish with tricolour pasta, topped with cheese and ovenbaked which it made it much more appetising.

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• CloClo

  04 August 2009

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• Neppy

  12 August 2009

  Neppy commented on this recipe

  Yuk, yuk, yuk! No flavour, and very disappointing.

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• mcjools

  15 August 2010

  mcjools rated and commented on this recipe

  

  One of the best bolgnaises I have had. Mine was quite orange (I guess it depends on the size of the carrots you use). But it tasted great. And we have been eating cold leftovers for a couple of days because it is so delicious!

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• mittens

  21 January 2012

  mittens rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this for my little girl, to try and get some veg into her. She absolutely loves it! I use meatballs instead of mince. I do agree it doesn't look anything like the picture, but I'm not too bothered. She eats something with veg in it! Next time I might try 3 carrots instead, to make it less orange :-)

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• lonelywolf

  18 February 2013

  lonelywolf commented on this recipe

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• Emmat1311

  04 April 2013

  Emmat1311 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was really nice and tasty - don't have a hand blender, so we had a nice chunky vegetable sauce - added some extra gravy granules and worcs. sauce and it thickened up nicely - had with wholewheat spaghetti to make it that bit more healthier

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Ingredients

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 onion , chopped
• 4 carrots , chopped
• 2 courgettes , chopped
• 85g button mushrooms
• 1 garlic clove , crushed
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 500g lean minced beef
• handful basil leaves
• 1 tbsp gravy granules
• 400g spaghetti

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Prep 15 mins

Cook 30 mins

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Ingredients

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 onion , chopped
• 4 carrots , chopped
• 2 courgettes , chopped
• 85g button mushrooms
• 1 garlic clove , crushed
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 500g lean minced beef
• handful basil leaves
• 1 tbsp gravy granules
• 400g spaghetti

Per serving

597 kcalories, protein 43g, carbohydrate 89g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 7g, sugar 16g, salt 0.9 g

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