Synfree Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe

One of my favourite meals on the Slimming World plan is a synfree Spaghetti Bolognese. I love that’s it’s packed full of vegetables, all of which are speed veg and it’s a great recipe that the whole family can enjoy.

This recipe has been tweaked over the last 18 months and I have to admit that we often add in other left over vegetables in the fridge to the saucepan to use them up and it’s still really delicious. I added peppers to this weeks meal but I’ve added chopped mushrooms in the past.

This synfree Spaghetti / Pasta Bolognese is synfree and can be eaten without the guilt on plan. This recipe makes four really good size portions. We usually have a portion each for dinner and then have it again the next day for lunch or with a (slow cooker) jacket potato of an evening in the week.

Ingredients

• Frylight or low calorie cooking spray
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 500g lean beef mince (5% mince beef)
• 2 carrots
• 3 bacon medallions
• 2 sticks of celery
• 1 onion
• 800g chopped tomatoes (2 x 400g tins)
• 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
• 3 bacon medallions
• 1 tablespoon of dried oregano
• 2 tablespoons of worcester sauce
• 2 beef OXO cubes
• 350g dried spaghetti or penne
• salt and pepper for seasoning

Method

• In a large saucepan, spray the frylight and brown off the mince and crumble one OXO cube over the top
• Transfer cooked mince to a bowl whilst you use saucepan for rest of ingredients
• Chop up the bacon and fry with frylight and the oregano
• Add all the chopped vegetables to the saucepan (including the tomatoes and the tomato puree)
• Crumble in the remaining OXO cube
• Add the worcester sauce and stir
• Add the cooked mince to the saucepan and cook on a medium heat for half an hour or until the vegetables are soft.
• Season to taste
• Serve with cooked pasta and enjoy!

This synfree Spaghetti Bolognese will become a firm favourite in your Slimming World recipe meal plans as it is simply delicious and really filling.