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Tuesday 5 February 2013

Vegan Spag Bol for Dummies

This recipe for vegan spaghetti bolognese is incredibly easy because I cheat and use a shop bought sauce but it tastes great so I can't complain. Obviously you don't have to use the exact vegetables or type of 'mince' I have used, just whatever is available to you is fine. I used dried soya mince, it's so cheap and can be used in lots of different ways, you can get it at most health food shops. If you want to use frozen veggie mince or real mince then go for it, although I'd prefer it if no animals were harmed! This recipe takes around half an hour to make and serves up to 6 people, or 4 really hungry people.

You will need:

  •  500g bag of spaghetti
  • jar of pasta/bolognese sauce
  • passata (if you don't have enough sauce)
  • 50g of dried soya mince
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 pepper
  • 1 celery stick
  • 1 courgette
  • 3-5 mushrooms
  • 1 onion
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 vegetable stock cube

 1. Chop your vegetables to whatever size you like, I do mine quite small.
2. Heat up a table spoon of olive oil on a medium heat.
3. Fry your onion and garlic for 2/3 minutes, until soft.
 4. Add your carrots as they take a longer time to cook.
 5. After 3 minutes add the rest of your veg and pour a tablespoon of water over them to help them soften.
6. It's important to regularly stir the veg as they might burn at the bottom of the pan.
 7. Boil the kettle with enough water to make up a pint of  stock (unless you're not using dried mince) and get your spaghetti started.
 8. Pour the stock onto the veg and add your dried soya mince. If you're using another type of mince then you don't need to add the stock but make sure you season the mince instead.
9. Keep stirring the mince to make sure none gets stuck to the bottom. Do this for about 5 minutes.
At this stage give the mixture a taste, it's really yummy! At this point you could turn the mixture into a vegan meatloaf if you pop it into a loaf tin and put it in the oven for around 20 minutes.
 10. Time to add your sauce. Once the jar is empty, put a little water in it and shake it around to get more out of it.
 11. I noticed that there wasn't enough sauce in the jar whilst I was making this so added half a packet of passata but it's up to you whether you want lots of sauce or not.
 12. Once the sauce has heated through and the spaghetti is cooked, you're done!

Send me your thoughts, could I of done better?

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