Spaghetti and Meatballs

Slimming Eats Recipe

Serves 3

Extra Easy – Syn free per seving

Ingredients

• 240g of uncooked spaghetti, (I used wholewheat)

For the sauce

• 500ml of passata
• 300ml of beef stock
• 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons of sweetener
• splash of balsamic vinegar
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 large carrot, finely chopped
• 2 sticks of celery, finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic crushed
• 2 teaspoons of mixed herbs
• salt and black pepper
• low calories spray

For the meatballs

• 500g of extra lean beef mince
• splash of Worcestershire sauce
• fresh chopped parsley
• 1 tsp of onion powder
• 1 tsp of garlic powder
• 1 egg beaten, to bind
• salt and black pepper

Method

Add all ingredients for the meatballs to a large bowl, and thoroughly bind together, form into equal sized meatballs.

Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat, spray with low calorie spray and add the meatballs and fry until lightly browned all over, remove and set aside.

Spray the pan with a little more low calorie spray and add the onion, garlic, celery and carrots and fry until softened.

Add the mixed herbs, tomato paste, sweetener, splash of balsamic vinegar, stock and passata and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to low, add the meatballs, cover and simmer until sauce reduces down and thickens, approx 20 mins.

While sauce is simmering, add the spaghetti to a saucepan of boiling hot salted water and cook until al dente. Drain

When the spaghetti is cooked, scoop out the meatballs and  half of the sauce to a bowl. Then add the spaghetti to the remaining half and mix all together.

Serve the spaghetti among 3 bowls and top with the meatballs and sauce and a little fresh chopped parsley

If you have a HEa spare you can top with some grated parmesan.

The recipe above has been calculated for Slimming World, however for those of you following the Weight Watchers plan or another calorie controlled type diet. Below is the approx. nutritional information:

Filed under: beef, Extra Easy, main course, pasta, syn free