Dinner

Tempeh Ragù with Wholewheat Spaghetti

Name: Tempeh Ragù with Wholewheat Spaghetti
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 120 g Tempeh, crumbled; 160 g Cooked wholewheat spaghetti; 200 g Chopped tomatoes, tinned; 60 g Onion; 50 g Carrot; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; 5 g Olive oil; 1 tsp Dried oregano; 2 tsp (10 g) Balsamic vinegar; A few leaves Fresh basil; To taste Salt

Crumbled tempeh browned and simmered with tomato, carrot and a little balsamic into something that behaves like a meat ragù. 35 g of protein for 574 kcal.

Calories: 574kcal
Protein: 35g
Fat: 19g
Carbs: 72g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work, then thirty minutes simmering. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Soya
Sulphites

Nearly every bottle of balsamic lists sulphites.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Tempeh, crumbled120 g
Cooked wholewheat spaghetti160 g
Cooked weight.
Chopped tomatoes, tinned200 g
Onion60 g
Carrot50 g
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Olive oil5 g
Dried oregano1 tsp
Balsamic vinegar2 tsp (10 g)
Fresh basilA few leaves
SaltTo taste

Method

Cook the diced onion and carrot in the oil over a medium heat for eight minutes until soft. Add the garlic and oregano for a minute.
Add the crumbled tempeh and cook for five minutes, stirring, until it takes on some colour.
Add the tomatoes, balsamic, a pinch of salt and a splash of water. Simmer uncovered for thirty minutes, adding water if it dries, until thick and dark.
Toss with the hot spaghetti and finish with the basil and black pepper.

Worth knowing

Tempeh crumbles to roughly the texture of mince and takes on the sauce the same way, but it has no fat to render, so the oil at the start is doing that job.
Wholewheat pasta is 124 kcal per 100 g cooked against 158 for white. Over 160 g that is a saving of about 55, and it stands up to a thick sauce better.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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