Leah Itsines · leahitsines.com.au
7 Vegetable Kids' Bolognese
Did you know... if you blitz 7 vegetables and cook them with beef mince, you get a hidden veggie bolognese perfectly portioned for the kids? Gigi smashes this at least 3 times a week and it makes me feel great!
Serves1 big freezer batchPrep15 minutesCook1 hour 10 minutesTotal1 hour 25 minutes
ingredients
- 2 carrots
- 3 celery stalks
- 5 mushrooms
- 1 red capsicum
- 1 eggplant
- 1 onion
- Lots of garlic
- 1kg beef mince
- 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
- Salt, pepper, dried oregano and cinnamon
- Olive oil, for cooking
method
- Blitz the carrots, celery, mushrooms, capsicum, eggplant, onion and garlic in a food processor until very fine.
- Heat a splash of olive oil in a large pot and brown the beef mince, breaking it up into small pieces.
- Add the blitzed vegetables and cook for a few minutes.
- Add the chopped tomatoes to cover, season with salt, pepper, oregano and cinnamon, and simmer for 1 hour.
- Allow to cool, then freeze in single serve silicone muffin trays.
Leah's notes
To serve, add a portion to a pot with a little stock and cook the pasta right in the sauce.
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