10 ways with bolognese

As bolognese is a very handy dish to batch cook and freeze I thought I would share various ways you can use it for lunch and dinner. There are many recipes and ways to make Bolognese so feel free to use your own. I have included my syn-free Bolognese recipe below that can be doubled or tripled for batch cooking if you would like to try it.

Ingredients:

  • Tinned Tomatoes (500g)
  • Passata (500g)
  • Lean mince (500g)
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 or 2 onions
  • 2 or 3 garlic cloves (depending on size ect)
  • Pinch of Italian Seasoning
  • Pinch of Salt

Method:

  1. Chop up red pepper, onion and crush the garlic cloves
  2. Spray frying pan with fry light and put on medium heat, put in mince and toss around until
  3. all mince is brown
  4. Put the red pepper, onion and garlic into frying pan and mix with mince for 3-5minutes
  5. Place above mix into a pot and pour in pasata and tinned tomatoes.
  6. Put pot on medium heat
  7. Add salt and seasoning and mix together and cook for 10 minutes

Now that the recipe and method is taken care of, here are some of the fun ways you can have bolognese!

1. Spaghetti Bolognese

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2. Pasta Bolognese

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3. Lasagne

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4. Bolognese on rice

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5. Bolognese Baked Potato

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6. Bolognese on a bed of lettuce

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7. Bolognese stuffed pepper

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8. Bolognese and Lettuce Wrap

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9. Bolognese Pizza

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10. Bolognese Potato Bake

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Low-syn Rocky Roads

 
 

Rocky Roads are a classic, and such a rich food is typically made with the high quantities of rich ingredients such as butter and sugar. Rocky Road bars from the local cafe can set you back up to 20 syns! However with a few smart swaps, this slimming world version of Rocky Roads will set you back a mere 4 syns a pop. Perfect on the go snack or to impress the pals at an afternoon tea at yours. :)

Syns: 4 | Servings: 10

Ingredients

  • 9 Rich Tea Fingers (9 syns)
  • 40g of chocolate (13 syns)
  • 40g of butter (12 syns)
  • 1 tbsp. Golden Syrup (2.5 syns)
  • 18g Mini marshmallows (2.5 syns)

Method

  1. Place biscuits in a bag and crush with rolling pin.
  2. In a bowl, add the chocolate, butter, and golden syrup.
  3. Place the bowl over a sauce pan of boiling water and stir until everything is melted.
  4. Once melted remove from the heat, add the biscuits, and stir.
  5. Smooth out into and tray and top with mini marshmallows.
  6. Place in the fridge for 2 hours. Remove from tray, cut into 10 slices (4 syns each)and keep in the fridge.