Recipe Idea
Meatballs ‘n’ Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 200g any type of mince (lean if possible)
- 1 tbsp olive or sunflower oil
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes (400g)
- 200g any type of dried pasta, like fusilli
Swappable or optional
- 200g mushrooms, sliced
- 1 pepper, any colour, chopped
- 2 tsp dried mixed herbs
- 2 tbsp tomato purée (optional)
Swap tip
Don't worry if you don't have all of the ingredients: you can swap some for whatever you do have, or leave them out completely. The recipe will still be yummy!
- 1 Mix some of the chopped onion and garlic with the mince. Shape the mince into small balls about half the size of a golf ball.
Try using turkey mince as a lower-fat alternative to lamb.
- 2 Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and brown the meatballs on all sides. Remove and put on to a plate.
- 3 Add the remaining onion to the frying pan and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until soft. Add the remaining garlic and cook for another minute.
- 4 Add the tomatoes, tomato purée, herbs, mushrooms and peppers to the pan with 150ml water. Bring to the boil, then add the meatballs. Reduce the heat, cover with a lid and simmer for 30 minutes.
- 5 About 10 minutes before serving, put the pasta on to cook in plenty of boiling water. Serve with the meatballs and tomato sauce.
Serve with wholegrain brown rice as an alternative to pasta, but remember that it takes 25-30 minutes to cook.
Recipe from Meatball Recipe | Recipes | Change4Life (www.nhs.uk)
