Bolognaise and Veggie Lunch Pots

Ingredients

Bolognaise Sauce

  • 2 tsp. tomato paste
  • 1/2 tsp. black pepper
  • 2 tsp. himalayan pink salt
  • 3 basil leaves
  • 2 tsp. olive oil (leave out for fat-free option, add a splash of water instead)
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 600 mL tomato passata
  • 500 g Beef Mince

Vegetables

  • 1/3 bunch of silverbeet, chopped roughly
  • 1 medium-large zucchini, spiralised
  • 2 bunches of broccolini, chopped roughly

Instructions

  1. Make the bolognaise sauce by heating up the oil in a hot saucepan, add the onion and garlic and cook until soft.
  2. Add the beef mince and cook until browned, stirring often (approx 2-3 minutes)
  3. Add the tomato passata, tomato paste, salt, pepper, basil. Put the lid on the pot and bring to a boil.
  4. Reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and cook for approximately 20 minutes or until sauce thickens, stirring often.
  5. Whilst the bolognaise is cooking put a large pot with a steamer to boil, add the silverbeet and broccolini. Steam for approx 5 minutes or until both vegetables are tender. Strain and set aside.
  6. Once cooked, divide the sauce into 5 x freezable/heatable containers.
  7. Divide the spiralised zucchini in half and add each half to 2 of the containers (on top of the bolognaise sauce).
  8. Add the steamed silverbeet onto 1 of the container.
  9. Divide the steamed broccollini in half and add each half on the remaining 2 containers.
  10. Place the lids onto each container and allow to cool before refrigerating / freezing.

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