Meal Kit: Spaghetti Bolognese for 4

This recipe kit for organic vegan spaghetti bolognese includes almost everything you need for a protein-packed vegan spaghetti bolognese. Your plastic-free recipe kit includes:

• Organic sunflower seed mince x  (80g) 
• Organic chopped tomatoes (400g) 
• Organic spaghetti (300g)
• Organic herbs de Provence
• Basil 
• Cornish sea salt
• Cracked black pepper

 The ingredients will be sent in paper bags, please reuse.

* Just add: 1 x onion, 4-5 cloves of garlic, 1 x carrot , a few mushrooms (and any other veggies you have laying around)

* Optional: a sprinkling of sugar and/or a splash of red wine, balsamic vinegar or Worcestershire sauce. Serve with nooch (nutritional yeast) or your favourite grated cheese. 

Method:

Finely chop onion, garlic and carrot. Gently fry until softened (adding a dash of water if needed).

Add the sunflower seed mince and fry-off for a couple of minutes to take on the flavours of the onion and garlic. 

Add chopped tomatoes, herbs, salt and pepper and a 1/2 cup of water (you might need to add more so do keep an eye on things). 

If you're using them, add balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, red wine and sugar. Cook for 20-30 minutes (or until the wine's cooked off if you're using it!). Add more liquid if needed.

Cook spaghetti in boiling water for 9-10 minutes.

Bon appetit. 

A note about our ingredients:

Organic spaghetti Italian organic pasta made in Lombardy, Northern Italy. Iris Bio have been a workers' cooperative since 1978 and make their pasta just over 6 miles from where the wheat is grown. They've planted lots of hedges and trees around their fields, and the irrigation ditches have been naturalised allowing insects and amphibians to breed. We can't compete with supermarket giants on pasta price. But we more than make up for it in other areas. And we LOVE how Iris Bio work their land; with care, attention and respect. It's more than just pasta.

Interesting fact: using bronze pasta shaping tools helps to create a texture that holds a sauce much better than conventional methods.

Organic sunflower seed mince Organic, natural and grown in Europe. High in protein and fibre with zero fat, 100% sunflower mince which has a meaty texture and is free-from soya and gluten, so it's a great way to add protein variety to both meat and plant-based diets. Delicious in bolognese, tacos, chilli, burgers and much more.

Organic tomatoes We source a lot of our food products from Suma. As one of the largest worker's co-operatives, they supply over 7,000 vegetarian, natural, and responsibly sourced products across the UK and beyond. The brands and products chosen by Suma align with our values; working together to improve the way things are done – and hoping that by collaboration we can see positive change.

Cornish sea salt These fine salt flakes from the Cornish Sea Salt Company are harvested just eight meters off the Cornish coast. The process is simple and the salt is harvested by hand, with no impact on the natural environment.