HIDDEN VEGETABLE PASTA SAUCE

INGREDIENTS

• 2 tbs olive oil

• 1 onion, finely chopped

• 1 clove garlic, crushed

• 2 carrots, peeled & grated • 2 courgettes, grated

• 10 button mushrooms, chopped • 2 tins chopped, peeled tomatoes • 120g tomato paste

• 5ml vegetable stock powder • 30ml brown sugar

• 30ml fresh basil leaves, torn • salt and black pepper to taste

METHOD

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onion, and fry for a few minutes. Add the garlic, carrots, courgette and mushrooms, and fry for a few minutes more.

2. Stir in the tinned tomatoes and tomato paste. Pour water into a tomato tin and add to the sauce, then stir in the stock powder and sugar and bring to the boil.

3. Turn down the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the basil leaves at the last minute and season to taste (add salt and pepper only if your child is older than 1 year).

4. Let the sauce cool down completely and freeze in ziploc bags or a glass bottle. Leave enough space for sauce to expand when it freezes or the glass will break.