This Mouthwatering Syn Free Bolognese Pasta Bake will impress the whole family – rich bolognese meat sauce coated pasta topped with delicious cheesy goodness.

Every one loves a bolognese, right?

So you will really LOVE this Bolognese Pasta Bake.

Rich Italian style bolognese meat sauce, packed with lots of healthy vegetables and a selection of melted cheese for that perfect golden topping.

If you are vegetarian, swap out the ground beef for a veggie meat substitute or even lentils. I love bolognese using green or brown lentils. Lentils can be purchased for such a low cost too, which would make these meal budget friendly.

I always have various bags of different lentils and beans in my pantry. They can come in really handy, if I do not have any meat defrosted and I need to make something up for dinner.

Have you seen my Lentil Bolognese recipe?

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How can I add a 1/3 speed foods to this Bolognese Pasta Bake?

The bolognese sauce in this pasta bake comes packed with healthy speed foods like carrot, onion, zucchini, mushrooms and tomatoes.

To increase the speed foods even furhter, I always make up a big bowl of salad which I serve in the middle of the table for everyone to dig into and add some to their plate.

All kinds of salad vegetables are perfect – baby greens, crisp lettuce, cucumber, carrot, peppers, tomatoes, onion.

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Syn Free Best Ever Bolognese Pasta Bake

Yield: Serves 6

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

This Mouthwatering Syn Free Bolognese Pasta Bake will impress the whole family - rich bolognese meat sauce coated pasta topped with delicious cheesy goodness.

Ingredients

1 onion, chopped
1 large carrot, finely chopped chopped
1 courgette, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1.5 cups (360ml) of beef, chicken or vegetable stock
455g (1lb) of extra lean beef mince (ground beef)
3 cups (720ml) of crushed tomatoes (or passata)
1 tsp of dried basil
1 tsp of dried oregano
1 tsp of dried thyme
3 tablespoons of tomato puree
handful of mushrooms sliced
350g (12.5oz) of dried pasta of choice (can use gluten free)
salt and black pepper to season
splash of balsamic vinegar
dash or worcestershire sauce
Salt and Black Pepper

to top:

150g (5.5oz) of Mozzarella (3xHEa)
60g/2oz of Cheddar (2xHEa)
30g (1oz) Parmesan (1 HEa)

to serve:

fresh chopped Italian parsley

Instructions

Add the mince, onion and garlic to a deep frying pan over a medium high heat and cook until browned.
Add the carrot, courgette and mushrooms and cook for a further 3 mins.
Add the herbs, crushed tomatoes, stock, tomato paste, balsamic vinegar and worcestershire sauce. Bring to the boil and then cover and reduce to simmer. Allow to simmer for 30 mins, until sauce thickens and becomes nice and rich. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
Preheat oven to 200c or 400f (gas mark 6)
Place the pasta in a saucepan of boiling hot water and cook until al dente - approx 7 mins (you want it to still have a slight bite, as it will continue to cook in the oven).
Add the pasta to a large oven proof dish.
Add the bolognese meat sauce and mix well.
Top with all cheeses and sprinkle of black pepper.
Place in oven and bake until cheese has melted and is golden on top. Approx 30mins
Serve topped with fresh chopped Italian parsley and your choice of sides.

Notes

This recipe is gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World, Weight Watchers friendly

Extra Easy - 1 HEa per serving
WW Smart Points - 13 per serving
Vegetarian/Green - use meat substitute or lentils in place on ground beef and use an Italian style cheese in place of parmesan.
Gluten Free - use gluten free pasta and Worcestershire sauce

*suitable for freezing

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 511 Total Fat: 14.2g Saturated Fat: 7.6g Cholesterol: 79mg Sodium: 806mg Carbohydrates: 59.4g Fiber: 5.7g Sugar: 10.4g Protein: 30.5g

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Name: Syn Free Best Ever Bolognese Pasta Bake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: fresh chopped Italian parsley; 150g (5.5oz) of Mozzarella (3xHEa); 60g/2oz of Cheddar (2xHEa); 30g (1oz) Parmesan (1 HEa); 1 onion, chopped; 1 large carrot, finely chopped chopped; 1 courgette, finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1.5 cups (360ml) of beef, chicken or vegetable stock; 455g (1lb) of extra lean beef mince (ground beef); 3 cups (720ml) of crushed tomatoes (or passata); 1 tsp of dried basil; 1 tsp of dried oregano; 1 tsp of dried thyme; 3 tablespoons of tomato puree; handful of mushrooms sliced; 350g (12.5oz) of dried pasta of choice (can use gluten free); salt and black pepper to season; splash of balsamic vinegar; dash or worcestershire sauce; Salt and Black Pepper

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Comments

Jo
January 27, 2010 at 8:00 am
Oooh this looks absolutely gawwwwjusss! will definitely be giving it a go. Thank you, Jo x
admin
January 27, 2010 at 4:39 pm
it is yummy 🙂
emma
March 15, 2010 at 7:41 am
this is stunning, i knoe its 2syns for the whole bake, but on which plan ???
admin
March 15, 2010 at 10:23 am
is 2 syns for the whole recipe on extra easy
pam
October 16, 2010 at 6:35 am
this recipe is absolutely lovely used a few times and for dinner tomorrow i give it 5 stars
Janet Lorkins
February 3, 2011 at 9:50 pm
This dish was very simple to make and tased gorgeous. I made it for one of our taster evenings and everybody has asked for the recipe.
Helen Richardson
September 26, 2011 at 6:08 pm
I made this minus the red wine and the tomato puree and it was still delicious and syn free :o)
Kate Bee
October 20, 2011 at 7:57 am
Made
this pasta bake last night with salad! Absolutely gorgeous
and even my fussy, non-dieting boyf liked it and had seconds! Got
leftovers for lunch today 🙂 The only thing is the recipe doesn’t say when to add the celery but I just used my common sense and added it the same time as the carrots. This is the first slimming eats recipe I have tried so really looking forward to making (and eating) the next one. Thank you x
Anonymous
December 19, 2011 at 11:32 am
This was really easy to make and as with all the recipes have tried on here extremely tasty – I sprinkled over extra parmesan on my husbands portion and he had no idea was slimming recipe!
Padsum
April 11, 2012 at 1:58 pm
This dish was extremely easy to make.My husband and boys really enjoyed.I have loads left can u freeze tis?
slimadmin
April 11, 2012 at 4:42 pm
It would be suitable to freeze, made up before it goes in the oven. But would perhaps dry out a bit if frozen after going in the oven. Hope that helps
Natalie Jane Farndale-Lawson
January 1, 2014 at 8:03 am
how did you know the syns as only the HE is listed? sorry new to this
Caz
January 21, 2017 at 10:11 pm
This is absolutely amazing ! It tastes delicious. My hubby loved it too and took it work for lunch two days running ! You have to try it , you won’t be sorry .
Rosie Butcher
August 5, 2017 at 1:14 pm
This pasta bake was so easy and my whole family really enjoyed it !!
Kerri
August 19, 2018 at 9:31 am
Really enjoyed this and so did hubby – clean plate! Tasted even better the next day for lunch, mmmmm!
Eleenia
November 3, 2018 at 4:34 pm
Loved this. I used the giant she’ll pasta I had left over from your spinach and ricotta pasta dish.
Heidi
April 29, 2019 at 3:16 pm
O.m.g this was delicious. The balsamic vinegar and Worcestershire sauce made all the difference. Amazing flavour will be a favourite in our house from now on.
Lorraine R
August 6, 2019 at 5:29 am
Shevy this met with thumbs up from the other half in this house! It is a ripper recipe and certainly can lay claim to “best ever” bolognese. We loved it! I followed the recipe to the letter and used gluten free penne pasta which turned out fine. Thanks for another winner and a keeper! ❤️