Finbar's veggie spag bol

Good basic recipe and it's easy to adapt by substituting what you already have in the fridge. I used quorn instead of lentils and added mushrooms and courgettes.

I gave it 4,but it's a five with tinkering, like others I added tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce and garlic, I used Italian herbs rather than that huge amount of oragano, and I also added the liquid slowly, to keep it fairly thick, not sure how much I added though, I also left out the cinnamon. It…

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This recipe needs a lot of work, it is very bland. I suggest adding lots of garlic (if you like garlic), 3-4 tablespoons of tomato puree, a tablespoon of smoked paprika, 1 glass or more of red wine (depending on how much you like). Do not add 600ml of vegetable stock, instead gradually add water as…

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This is a bloody awful recipe, I recommend steering clear of this. It needs about half the amount of stock (otherwise you'll end up with a veggie soup) and the amount of oregano and cinnamon it says to add is way too much. Also what is cinnamon doing there to begin with? Very strange.

Sloppy. Needs nowhere near as much stock as stated and by the time I had finished tweaking the recipe in order to make it taste less like water it was unrecognisable from the original. Disappointing and not quick when you include the time it took to reduce the liquid content.