Vegetable Spaghetti Bolognese

Ingredients:

• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 large brown onion, diced
• 1 red capsicum, diced
• 3 carrots, diced
• 1 x 400g packet of textured vegetable protein
• 3 x 400g tins diced tomatoes
• 1 x 400g tin of brown lentils, drained and rinsed
• 2 tbs tomato paste
• 1/2 tsp rosemary, dried
• 1 tsp sweet paprika
• 4-5 cups water
• 1 packet of gluten free pasta
• Optional: 1 tsp parmesan cheese and fresh basil

Method:

Note: You can either cook this meal in a slow cooker - if so, add all ingredients and leave on a low heat for 10 hours, or if cooking in a large saucepan, cook for 50 minutes on a low flame. Cooking using a saucepan:

• In a large saucepan add the oil, onion, carrots, textured vegetable protein, diced tomatoes, lentils, tomato pasta, rosemary, paprika and the water.
• Stir all the ingredients together and leave on a low to medium heat to simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• While waiting for the sauce to cooked, boil water in a medium sized pan. Once boiling, add the uncooked pasta and a pinch of salt to the pan. Leave for 10-15 minutes until cooked through.
• Once the sauce and pasta are both cooked, serve with parmesan cheese and fresh basil and enjoy!

Nutritional Information per serving:

• Energy: 2,224kJ or 556 calories
• Carbohydrates: 70g
• Protein: 22g
• Fats: 6g