My quick spaghetti meat sauce

Name: My quick spaghetti meat sauce Recipe
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 Jar Spaghetti sauce; 1 lb. 93 percent lean ground beef; 2 cloves garlic minced; 5 leaves fresh basil (or 1 tsp. dried); 1 Can crushed or diced tomatoes; 1 tsp fennel or anise seed (ground)

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Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

1 Jar Spaghetti sauce1 lb. 93 percent lean ground beef2 cloves garlic, minced5 leaves fresh basil (or 1 tsp. dried)1 Can crushed or diced tomatoes1 tsp fennel or anise seed (ground)

Directions

Brown ground beef in a medium saucepan. Add garlic while browning. Drain all fat that remains in pan after cooking. Add entire jar of spaghetti sauce and can of tomatoes to the meat mixture. Add basil and fennel. If you have fresh tomatoes, you can peel them and add them instead of the canned. Cook about 10 more minutes and serve over noodles (not included in calorie count). Tastes like homemade for about 1/2 the effort.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DENISEINAUSTIN.

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 131.1
Total Fat: 4.3 g
Cholesterol: 32.5 mg
Sodium: 298.3 mg
Total Carbs: 9.6 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
Protein: 13.8 g

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Member Reviews

DIANNE467
Thanks for putting the calories to this, exactly how I make my sauce also. I added some Italian seasoning and a small can of tomato sauce. Very good! - 3/10/18
POSITIVEHOPE
Great, quick sauce. Freezes well. - 3/24/14
GOTOTOWN1
very close to my recipe, no ansie or fennel for me, I add mushrooms - 8/20/11