86 April 2014 www.womanthismonth.com LIFESTYLE | food Packing lunches for your kids daily might be tiresome. These dishes will bring back the fun in cooking as you can involve the little ones in the process. Besides, this will teach them a lot about health and hygiene. An added bonus is that they will learn to respect the food that they eat. by JAMES CLAIRE Little Chefs SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS • Squeeze the meat out of the sausage skins into a large bowl. Add the beef mince. Add the finely chopped onions, chopped carrot, oregano, Parmesan cheese, egg, salt and pepper. Using a spoon, mix the ingredients together. Wet your hands and take tablespoons of the mince and roll them into balls. • Heat the oil and cook the meatballs, turning them carefully and rolling them from side to side to brown them all over. Remove the meatballs to a plate with kitchen paper and cool slightly when browned. • In the frying pan, cook the zucchini and garlic. Add the tomato puree, sugar, vinegar and tomatoes; simmer. When all is cooked, remove from the heat and cool. • Puree the sauce with a hand blender, and then return to the saucepan and simmer placing the meatballs in the sauce. Cook for five more minutes. • Serve over cooked spaghetti. 300g lamb sausages 500g beef mince 1 white onion, finely chopped 1 carrot, finely grated 1 tbspn dried oregano 50g Parmesan cheese, finely grated 1 egg 1 tbspn olive oil pinch black pepper pinch salt 200g spaghetti, cooked For the sauce: 1 tbspn olive oil 1 zucchini, finely chopped 3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped 1 tbspn tomato paste 1 tspn sugar 1 tspn red wine vinegar 800g chopped tomatoes, tinned
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