Meatless Monday; Bolognaise sauce.

Who doesn't love Bolognaise?
Its comfort food for the soul right?
Also most kids love it, especially if you serve it with wiggly, slippery spaghetti ;)

This weeks Meatless Monday is totally vegan and totally tasty...and totally sneaky as well *heehee*

The great thing about a tomato sauce is the scope for hiding things in there...so you might throw in a little extra veg, but when its whizzed up who's to know right?

S0...for The sauce we need ;

1 lrg onion
@6 fat garlic cloves (less if you don't like garlic, more if you LOVE it!)
3-4 sml handfuls of grated veg (I used carrot, swede, courgette (yellow)and cabbage, but use what you have)
2 400g tins of chopped Italian tomatoes
2-3 fresh tomatoes
1 tbs vinegar (apple cider for pref)
2 tsp sugar
1 mug TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein)
1 mug of just boiled water

Chop the onions and crush the garlic, then fry in a pan in a very little oil until starting to get soft. Add the extra veg and again cook until softening. Next add the tomato's (tinned and fresh) then leave to cook until bubbling, then simmer for @ 10 mins.

Meanwhile, in a bowl tip the TVP then add the hot water and stir in. Leave for @ 5 mins until the water has been absorbed.

When your sauce has simmered remove from the heat and then blitz with a blender until smooth.
(no extra veg here heehee)


Return to the heat and add the vinegar and sugar. If so inclined a good glug of red wine also goes very nicely in the sauce! It adds a real punch to it and as the alcohol is evaporated when cooking is fine for kids as well (although some may not like the taste).
Let the sauce cook briskly until it begins to reduce a little and then add the TVP and leave on a low heat while you cook your pasta.


You can use any pasta (including spaghetti!). I used Doves Farm gluten free pasta this time.

Once cooked, drain the pasta, add to the sauce and mix well, sprinkle with basil and serve.

Nutritional yeast is lovely sprinkled over the top instead of dairy Parmesan or you can source an alternative. Free From do a parmezzano shaker which is suitable for vegans and taste just like the real thing :)

Oh and you can save some of that wine for dinner as well ;)