Slow cooker spaghetti bolognaise

Serves:

Ingredients

• olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1kg beef mince
• 2 carrots, roughly chopped
• 1 stick celery, roughly chopped
• handful cauliflower florets
• 2 zucchini, roughly chopped
• 600ml passata
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• fresh herbs of choice

Method

Heat a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a deep pan and gently fry onion and garlic until soft.

Add beef mince, breaking up with a wooden spoon until browned. Put mixture in slow cooker.

Place carrot, celery, cauliflower and zucchini in food processor with a generous slug of passata. Zizz until they are pureed. Add to slow cooker with remaining passata and tomato paste.

Add herbs as desired – I threw in some oregano and thyme leaves I had in the crisper.

Cook for 8 hours on low.

Serve with pasta of choice, sprinkle with some parmesan and add extra veg on the side if you really want to torture the kids.

Serving Suggestions

Note

• By pureeing all the vegetables, my kids don’t realise what they are eating in the sauce. Very crafty, I think!
• This recipe was created by Alana House for Kidspot, New Zealand’s best recipe finder.