Carrot Bolognese is one of my favorite easy, no-fuss meals! You only need a handful of ingredients and 20 minutes of time!
I'm going to start this post with 5 reasons why this carrot bolognese sauce won my heart (and will win yours too!):
- It's SO easy. Boil pasta. Add onions, garlic, and carrots in a food processor. Blitz it up. Cook the veggies until softened, add tomato sauce, herbs, spices, the pasta. Stir & serve.
- You don't need a lot of ingredients. And by a lot, I also mean you don't need fresh ingredients except carrots, onion, and garlic, which I always have at home anyways.
- It's super versatile, not only can you add different veggies (mushrooms? zucchini? kale?) but you can serve the sauce with pasta, use it in lasagne, or as a dip for tortilla chips!
- It's actually healthy! Usually my "ugggghhh-I-don't-wanna-cook-but-need-to-eat-something"-meals aren't the healthiest ones. This one is a nice change!
- It's SO fast! You could make the sauce while the pasta is cooking (so this whole meal can be ready in 15 minutes) but I usually use the same pot for the sauce in which I made the pasta in (fewer dishes), then it will take about 20 minutes. Which is also faster than getting food delivered.
I'm making this recipe A LOT lately. I've never met a person who eats more carrots than my boyfriend and he also LOVES this carrot bolognese. It's healthy, quick to make, doesn't need a ton of ingredients, so what's not to love about it? :)
How to make Carrot Bolognese
The Ingredients
You will need:
- pasta
- carrots
- onion (red/white/whatever you have at home)
- garlic
- tomato purée/passata
- salt
- fresh oregano
- olive oil
The Basic Steps
(When I shot the photos I only made half a portion, so you will have more carrots, and garlic in the food processor when you make 2 portions as given in the recipe.)
Sprinkle the pasta with nutritional yeast flakes! <3
This is it! Delicious, healthy Carrot Bolognese.
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Carrot Bolognese
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups penne pasta (you can use whole wheat; gluten-free, whatever!)
- 4 medium carrots peeled and roughly chopped
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 onion (I used a red onion)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 cups tomato purée / passata
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup fresh oregano
Instructions
- Boil the pasta. Drain and set aside.
- Add the carrots, garlic cloves and onion to a food processor and chop until smallish. Add the chopped veggies to a large pot with olive oil on medium to high heat and let them cook until the veggies are softened.
- Reduce the heat and add the tomato purée/passata, salt, and fresh oregano. Add more salt to taste.
- Add the pasta to the sauce. Stir. Heat it up until everything is warm. Serve and sprinkle the pasta with nutritional yeast.
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