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 |
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- Recipe type: Main meal
- Prep time: 20 mins
- Cook time: 25 mins
- Total time: 45 mins
- Serves: 4
- 200g spaghetti (I used wholewheat)
- 1tbsp oil
- 12 vegetarian meatballs
- 1 red onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 carrot, grated
- 100g mushrooms, diced quite small
- 40g black olives, chopped roughly
- 400g tomato sauce (shop-bought or homemade)
- 50ml water
- Salt
- Black pepper
- 100g fresh mozzarella, diced
- 2tbsp fresh basil, chopped, to serve (optional)
- Remember, if you don’t like using sauce from a jar, you can always make your own tomato sauce in the slow cooker! You might
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 211g | |
| Recipe makes 6 servings | |
| Calories 311 | |
| Calories from Fat 134 | 43% |
| Total Fat 15.04g | 19% |
| Saturated Fat 3.99g | 16% |
| Trans Fat 0.06g | |
| Cholesterol 16mg | 5% |
| Sodium 504mg | 21% |
| Potassium 459mg | 13% |
| Total Carbs 34.31g | 9% |
| Dietary Fiber 2.9g | 10% |
| Sugars 6.93g | 5% |
| Protein 10.6g | 17% |
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