7 of your 5 a day!
It can sometime be tricky to get the recommended 5 A Day
into the family and especially the children but I have to say this pasta sauce
fits the bill perfectly!
I start my sauce off with the obligatory finely chopped onion and garlic and as it starts to pick up a bit of colour I then add a
pack of chopped bacon.
I have probably mentioned before about the bacon that I buy
but I will reiterate. If you are going
to cook with bacon and cut it up you do not need to buy those lovely slices. I buy packs of cooking bacon pieces from
Morrison’s or Sainsbury’s and they cost around £1.00 for two or three times the
amount of perfect bacon. You don’t know
what you will get inside the pack and it can be a mixture of smoked and
non-smoked and different sized pieces. A
kind of bacon pot luck. The pack I used
for this meal had loads of small bits and mostly smoked but there was also a
big and thick piece which I have popped into the freezer and will use to make a
lovely white bean soup.
but I will reiterate. If you are going
to cook with bacon and cut it up you do not need to buy those lovely slices. I buy packs of cooking bacon pieces from
Morrison’s or Sainsbury’s and they cost around £1.00 for two or three times the
amount of perfect bacon. You don’t know
what you will get inside the pack and it can be a mixture of smoked and
non-smoked and different sized pieces. A
kind of bacon pot luck. The pack I used
for this meal had loads of small bits and mostly smoked but there was also a
big and thick piece which I have popped into the freezer and will use to make a
lovely white bean soup.
To my frying pan I added the bacon chopped up, two finely chopped courgettes, half an aubergine,
peeled and finely chopped, two large grilled red peppers, a handful of sliced mushrooms, and seasoned to taste with salt&pepper, dried
oregano, dried basil (you can use fresh of course but I didn’t have any to
hand), tomato puree, smoked chipotle Tabasco sauce and about 2 Tablespoons of
pesto. To all of this I added two tins of plum
tomatoes and let it all simmer for about 30 minutes.
peeled and finely chopped, two large grilled red peppers, a handful of sliced mushrooms, and seasoned to taste with salt&pepper, dried
oregano, dried basil (you can use fresh of course but I didn’t have any to
hand), tomato puree, smoked chipotle Tabasco sauce and about 2 Tablespoons of
pesto. To all of this I added two tins of plum
tomatoes and let it all simmer for about 30 minutes.
I served the sauce on spaghetti and a little grated cheese.
Mr R thought this was a really delicious meal and was making
plans to take some for lunch the following day even before he finished his
meal!
plans to take some for lunch the following day even before he finished his
meal!
