Healthy Recipes: Quorn Spaghetti Bolognese

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time:  15 minutes

Total time: 20 minutes

Serves: - 2

Ingredients:

• 500g Quorn Mince
• 1 tbsp olive oil (Quorn just needs to be added to the sauce, so the recipe requires about 50% less oil than you would usually use)
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 carrot, finely chopped
• 1 stick of celery, finely chopped
• 200g mushrooms, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 400g tin chopped tomatoes
• 1 vegetable stock cube dissolved in 200ml boiling water
• 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
• 1 tsp dried majoram
• 200g spaghetti (dried)
• fresh basil leaves, torn, for garnish
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:

1.  Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the onion, carrot, celery and garlic gently for 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and fry for 2-3 minutes more.
2. Add the tomatoes, tomato puree, dried herbs, tomato ketchup and vegetable stock. Cover and simmer gently for 8-10 minutes. Stir in the Quorn mince continue to cook over a low heat while you cook the spaghetti as per pack instructions, season to taste.
3. Drain the spaghetti, spoon the bolognese sauce over the top and serve. Sprinkle with some basil leaves.

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