From Better Homes and Gardens

Bolognese sauce is a hearty Italian meat and vegetable sauce flavored with red wine and cream.

Pasta with Bolognese Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

Traditionally, Bolognese (boh-luh-NEEZ) sauce is full of meat. In this more healthful version, a portion of the meat is replaced with lentils, cutting fat and calories.

Bolognese Meat Sauce with Pasta

From Better Homes and Gardens

One secret to a delicious Bolognese sauce is to add dried porcini mushrooms. A tiny amount of these dried mushrooms adds unbelievable richness to this main dish.

Pork and Porcini Bolognese

From Better Homes and Gardens

You can serve half of this 8-serving meat sauce now and freeze the other half for another meal.

Bolognese Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

Ground turkey can be used as a substitute for the meat in this tomato-based sauce recipe. Or try a vegetarian version with mushrooms.

Basic Beef Bolognese

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Ragu is best served with a noodle it can cling to, like these wide, ridged ribbons. This recipe is easily halved, but even if you're cooking for fewer people, you might as well make a whole batch and freeze the leftover sauce.

Beef Ragu Chiantigiana

From EatingWell

Fiber-rich beans stand in for the beef and pork in this surprisingly rich-tasting vegetarian take on pasta Bolognese. Without the meat, the dish has only a third of the fat and 80 percent less saturated fat. To make the perfect meal, serve with a peppery arugula salad and warm, crusty Italian bread.

Bean Bolognese

From Family Circle

Chicken, Italian sausage, and shrimp combine to make this hearty pasta sauce.

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