Meatballs and Pasta Sauce Recipe | Eat Well for Less BBC 1

Ingredients

• 2 onions, cut into chunks
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 large carrots, peeled and cut into small chunks
• 3 sticks celery, cut into small chunks
• 2 x 500g cartons passata
• 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
• small bunch of basil, leaves picked and roughly chopped
• 4 slices of stale wholemeal bread, roughly chopped or torn into pieces
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp mild chilli powder
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1.2kg lean minced beef
• 2 eggs
• 160g frozen chopped spinach
• 450g dried wholemeal spaghetti
• 60g grated mozzarella or finely grated Parmesan cheese
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste