Ingredients:

18 mini meatballs (got mine in asda)

1 tin of plum tomatoes chopped

yellow, red and orange bell peppers 1 medium of each

1 pack of bacon lardons

2 medium red onions finely chopped

16 closed cup mushrooms peeled and roughly chopped

1pint water

garlic powder

onion salt

2 bay leaves

oregano

mixed herbs

white/ black pepper

1/4 tsp instant coffee

1 tin of sweetcorn drained

1 tomato cuppa soup

Directions:

1. Put in slow cooker tomatoes, peppers, onions, water herbs and condiments while Browning meatballs in a dry frying pan. When browned drain and add to veg in slow cooker.

2. Cook on high for 2 hours or low for 4. Remove meatballs after this time is up. Use a blender to blitz veg to smooth sauce. Add to sauce the mushrooms, sweetcorn tomato cuppa soup (just sachet no liquid) and meatballs and out back on for 2 hours on low. Cook pasta at end and dry fry lardons once cooked stir in the pasta and lardons and serve.

Bon Appetit!