Veggie Bolognese

Name: Veggie Bolognese
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 7 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 120 g red lentils; 1 pepper, chopped; 400 ml vegetable stock; 400 g tin chopped tomatoes; 3 carrots, diced; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 150 g mushrooms, chopped; 2 celery sticks, chopped; spaghetti, to serve; 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 2 tbsp tomato purée; ½ tsp dried thyme; ½ tsp dried rosemary; 1 onion, diced

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
4 hr 30

Appears in

We're Hungry!

By Ciara Attwell

Published 2021

About

Fitting in some vegetarian meals mid-week is easy with this slow cooker bolognese. It’s packed with so much flavour that you won’t even miss the meat!

Ingredients

1 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
3 carrots, diced
2

Vegan
Pasta

Method

Put all the ingredients in the slow cooker.
Cook on high for 4–5 hours or low for 5–6 hours.
This is optional, but once it’s ready you can blitz the sauce to make it more kid-friendly. Simply cool slightly, then blitz with a hand blender or add to a stand blender.
Serve with cooked spaghetti.