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Spaghetti Bolognaise Face |
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Children's Spaghetti Bolognaise
Face Recipe |
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A great Spaghetti Bolognaise (bolognese) recipe that
you and your kids can make together. It's bound to keep them occupied
for an hour!
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KEY POINTS
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Preparation Time: |
40 minutes |
Cooking Time: |
35 minutes |
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How Difficult |
Easy |
Freeze? |
Yes |
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Servings |
4 portions |
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| This is a great healthy recipe for children that they can help
cook. It's a spaghetti bolognaise (lots of vegetables) with a face
made from vegetables! Use your imagination for the face decoration
but try and use vegetables of some sort. |
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To make the recipe healthier we have substituted a
quarter of the meat with grated then chopped carrots. Remember, children must be
watched and supervised by an adult all the time. Their safety is YOUR
responsibility.
THIS RECIPE IS FOR 4 SERVINGS
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INGREDIENTS
6 oz / 170g lean minced beef
10½ oz / 300g spaghetti
Can chopped tomatoes - 14 oz / 400g
1 medium onion
12 small mushrooms
3 medium carrots
Beef stock cube (e.g. oxo)
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 tablespoon tomato sauce or concentrate
2 tablespoons cooking oil (e.g. olive / sunflower oil)
Salt and pepper to taste
Olives or small amount of baked beans for the eyes |
PREPARATION
Let your child weigh out the ingredients.
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YOUR CHILD |
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THE ADULT |
Peel the skin from the onions
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Finely chop the onions
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Wash all the mushrooms
(let them play with the mushrooms in a bowl of water), chop
only four of them into
small bits with a blunt knife or edge of a spoon (see the
picture below).
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Lightly peel all 3 carrots,
top and tail them. Grate
only 2
of the carrots and chop them up (see the picture below)
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Add salt and pepper to herbs in the
bowl (see right) and mix with a spoon. |
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Measure out the dried basil and
oregano herbs in a bowl. Dissolve the oxo cube in a small amount
of water to produce the beef stock.
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YOUR
CHILD - Add 1
tablespoon only
of the oil to the pan, add the onions to the pan and stir.
THE ADULT - Heat the onions and oil on a medium heat for 5
minutes. Stir and turn often. |
THE ADULT - Take the pan off the heat, where it's safe for
your child
YOUR CHILD - Add
the minced beef to the pan of onions and stir well.
THE ADULT - Place the pan on a medium heat, fry until all the
mince has turned a greyish colour. Pour away the juices. |
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THE ADULT - Take the pan off the heat, where it's safe for
your child
YOUR CHILD - Add the
carrots, tomatoes, basil, oregano, mushrooms ,salt and pepper to taste,
one tablespoon only
of tomato sauce / concentrate, the oxo stock.
THE ADULT - Place the pan on a medium heat, and cook for 30
minutes, longer if the spaghetti is still cooking. |
THE ADULT - Look at the instructions to see how long to cook
the spaghetti (spaghetti and bolognaise sauce should be ready
together.
YOUR CHILD - Fill
a pan with cold water, add a pinch of salt.
THE ADULT - Boil the water and add the spaghetti and cook
according to packet instructions |
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YOUR CHILD -
Remove the stalks from the mushrooms.
THE ADULT - Fry the un-chopped 8 mushrooms in a tablespoon of oil
for 3 minutes. Let them cool.
YOUR CHILD - Put a
blob of tomato sauce into each mushroom and add a sliced olive /
some baked beans for the eye pupils. |
THE ADULT - Slice the carrot to make four noses and four
mouths. Serve the spaghetti topped with bolognaise on heated
plates.
YOUR CHILD -
Decorate with mushrooms and sliced carrots to make the face. |
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DON'T
BE A PUP,
EAT YOUR FACE UP!
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