Spaghetti Bolognese – The Young Family Phase

Method

• Step 1
  Tell kids you’re going to make dinner and beg that they won’t destroy the house for ten minutes.
• Step 2
  Heat oil in fry pan, add onion and cook until warm and soft. Stand and consider making pasta from scratch like how you used to. Laugh at the absurd thought.
• Step 3
  Add mince to the onion and try to remove any lumps* with wooden spoon and cook until brown. Drain any excess liquid or fat to give the appearance that you are watching your fat intake, although you are secretly eating a fun size picnic you just found in a kids lolly bag. ( *lumps would guarantee a tantrum from a little person ).
• Step 4
  Add Leggo’s Bolognese sauce to the mince and onion and mentally thank Leggo’s for including 3 serves of veggies in each jar allowing you to skip the “hide shredded vegetables” step. Remove crying child from leg and ensure them dinner won’t be long.
• Step 5
  OPTIONAL STEP: If you have recently watched a MasterChef marathon and are feeling particularly “gourmet-y”, add some chopped up herbs – parsley or basil are your best ones for this recipe.
• Step 6
  Boil water in a large sauce pan and add spaghetti pasta. Drain once cooked.
• Step 7
  Yell, “DINNER!!!” and hear the stampede of hungry children race to the kitchen, only to be greeted with “I wanted mine in the green bowl!”, “I wanted my pasta cut up”, “I didn’t want the sauce touching my pasta” cries. Smile and politely say “If you don’t sit down and eat, I will never make this again”. The only noise heard is children eating. Leggo’s is a clear favourite.
• Step 8
  Grab your glass of wine and say “Cheers Leggo’s for the easiest meal that is loved by all and on high rotation in this household!”.