Pasta bolognese is a simple Italian dish, made from two main ingredients: pasta and bolognese sauce. Although this dish brings along a huge calorie intake, it can be highly nutritional and keep easily satisfy one’s appetite.

For the actual pasta, the choice is really up to you, as you can choose from Tortellini, Pellizzoni, Spaghetti to Lasagne or Cannelloni. The sauce is made from fine chopped or minced meat (beef, pork and sometimes even fish), onion, celery, carrot, wine, and tomato concentrate.

Since the recipe may vary with the pasta, a more effective way to make a difference is to make a difference in the sauce. Some sauces are made with other type of meat, or mixing onions, celery and wine with tomato puree, meat broth, eggs, milk or cream. Even though this sauce originated in Bologna (ragu alla bolognese), there are a lot of varieties of it, depending on the region it is prepared.

And if you are watching your weight, and paying attention to your carbohydrate intake, you might want to stay away from this dish.