Quick Pasta Bolognese
Who doesn’t love pasta with a quick meat sauce? This crowd-pleasing healthy spaghetti Bolognese recipe is a boon for busy cooks—it’s ready and on the table in just 40 minutes.
Servings
4 cups pasta & about 4 cups sauce
Prep Time
30 minutes
Total Time
40 minutes
Ingredients
- 1tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1medium onion, finely chopped
- 2medium carrots, finely chopped
- 2medium stalks celery, finely chopped
- 3cloves garlic, minced
- 8ounces whole-wheat rigatoni or penne (about 3 cups)
- 8ounces lean (93% or leaner) ground beef
- 1/3cup dry red wine
- 114-ounce can petite diced tomatoes
- 2tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/8teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4teaspoon salt
- 1/4teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion, carrots, celery and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until just tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add pasta and cook according to package directions. Drain.
- Add beef to the vegetables and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high, add wine and cook until almost evaporated, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste and nutmeg; reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in salt and pepper. Serve the pasta with the sauce.
Tips
To make ahead: Refrigerate the sauce (Steps 1 & 3) for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 6 months.
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (recipe makes 4 cups pasta & about 4 cups sauce)
| Calories | 379.33kcal |
|---|---|
| Carbohydrate Total | 53.5g |
| Total Sugars | 7.21g |
| Added Sugars | 0g |
| Fiber | 7.87g |
| Total Fat | 8.77g |
| Saturated Fat | 2.37g |
| Mono Saturated Fat | 4.5g |
| Cholesterol | 1.26mg |
| Sodium | 404.06mg |
| Protein | 22.1g |
| Potassium | 754.85mg |
| Calcium | 95.38mg |
| Chromium | 0.21mcg |
| Folate | 38.03mcg |
| Iron | 4.1mg |
| Magnesium | 83.5mg |
| Omega-6 | 1g |
| Trans Fatty Acid | 0g |
| Vitamin A | 5726.52IU |
| Vitamin D | 1.7IU |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.74mcg |
| Vitamin C | 19.41mg |
| Vitamin E | 2mg |
| Zinc | 4.44mg |
| Phosphorus | 301.86mg |
| Vitamin B3 | 12.55mg |
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