Veggie Packed Bolognese Sauce

Being Italian, pasta sauce is a regular in our household. Little man will often share the traditional sauce we eat but I do like to add in some extra veggies when I make his sauce. You really can add such a vast variety of veggies when making a pasta sauce but this one turned out quite delicious and was thoroughly enjoyed by the little man.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2x medium carrots

• 10 leaves fresh spinach (you can substitute with frozen)

• 1 medium mushroom

• 1/4 zucchini

• 1 medium tomato

• 1x onion

• 1/4 tsp salt reduced chicken stock

• 100g beef mince

• 1 tsp tomato paste

• 1 bottle tomato passata (approx 500g)

• 3 tbsp olive oil

METHOD:

1. Finely chop onion.

2. Heat oil in pan and add onion, cooking until transparent

3. Grate carrot, mushroom, zucchini and tomato and finely chop spinach

4. Add veggies to pan and allow to cook down until soft and aromatic

5. Add tomato paste and cook for another 2 minutes

6. Add mince and cook until browned

7. Add your tomato passata and chicken stock and bring to the boil.

8. Lower heat and allow to simmer with lid on for at least 1 hour.

9. Boil pasta of your choice and add to sauce