5:2 DIET - HOMEMADE PASTA AND RAGU SAUCE

(Some info on my experience of the 5:2 way of eating.)

Thursday 24th April 2014
Made a variation on the pasta side of this dish by adding a teaspoon of smoked paprika along with the flour - it just lifts it out of the ordinary!

Ragu sauce made pretty much as below

And here's the pasta (made with 50g wholemeal flour, one teaspoon smoked paprika and 35g water), rolled out before being divided into strips with a pizza cutter:

Homemade pasta only requires about 3-4 minutes simmering

Wednesday 30th Jan 2013
Homemade pasta and veg sauce

Vegetarian sauce:

150g onion – 46 cals

100g celery - 8 cals

100g cabbage – 15 cals

50g carrot -14 cals

100g cauli – 31 cals

115 mushrooms – 15 cals

400g tinned chopped tomatoes* - 111 cals

10g bouillon powder – 24 cals

1/2 teaspoon mixed herbs - 0 cals

Black pepper - 0 cals

Total 264 calories 

Chop the veg in a little water and simmer until soft. Add the chopped tomatoes and the flavourings and simmer for at least half an hour.

Pasta

40g wholemeal flour 143 cals

3g bouillon powder 8 cals

30g water

Total 151 calories

Here's the method and some pics.

The calorie count for this meal is less than 300 calories:

The sauce makes enough for two meals, so, 264/2 = 132

Sauce and pasta together – 132 + 151 = 283 calories

*Tinned tomatoes vary in their calorie count - from 76 to 111 in the ones I've seen. Obviously the higher the calorie count, the better. The tinned tomatoes used in this recipe come from Sainsbury's basic range - 31p!