Easy Bolognese Sauce with Spinach is great on pasta or try it on zucchini noodles for a low carb option. Make a double batch to keep one in the freezer. It will be your family’s new favorite dinner!
When I am in a rush to get dinner on the table fast, pasta is a win for me. I am never caught without several boxes of pasta in my pantry.
A pasta dinner shouldn’t be boring, so I always vary the sauces. This time it is Easy Bolognese Sauce with Spinach.
It contains meat, crushed tomatoes and spinach. A bowl of pasta gets topped with this hearty sauce and you have yourself a great meal.
I love any type of pasta but if I’m watching calories, it is also nice to have a low carb option. I frequently make zucchini noodles or zoodles with bolognese.
Sometimes I even do half zoodles and half pasta. The sauce is very thick and delicious that my kids love eating the leftovers on a roll for lunch the next day.
This Easy Bolognese Sauce with Spinach is also great over rice.
I often make a more traditional tortellini Bolognese, but the spinach in this recipe adds a great touch. It’s also nice to get an extra vegetable in your dinner especially when it tastes so good.
My daughter is close to a vegetarian so she prefers Pasta Florentine but the meat-loving boys in my house prefer a hearty meat sauce.
The nice thing about this dinner is that there is no need to worry about sides as it contains everything you want in a dinner.
While I could make a salad, I prefer to just use any extra time preparing a light dessert like a fruit salad.
This dinner requires just a little bit of prep but once it is on the stove, you can enjoy a glass of wine while waiting for it to finish cooking.
Pasta should never be boring! Bon Appetite!
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Easy Bolognese Sauce with Spinach Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 2 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 small Onion peeled and finely chopped
- 1 pound Lean Ground Beef
- 1 10 ounce package Chopped Frozen Spinach defrosted
- 1 28 ounce can Crushed Tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons Dried Basil
- 1/2 cup Water
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Cooked Pasta Zucchini Noodles, or Rice
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large sauce pan or Dutch oven. Add the garlic and onion. Sauté for 5 minutes or until fragrant and softened.
- Add the ground beef and stir with a wooden spoon. Break the meat up and cook for about 10 minutes or until browned.
- Add the spinach, tomatoes, dried basil and water. Stir well and bring to a simmer.
- Bring heat to low, cover the pot and simmer for 30 minutes or until sauce is thickened. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve over pasta, zucchini noodles or rice.