AHA Spaghetti w/Zesty Marinara Sauce

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 302.1
  • Total Fat: 3.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 4.9 mg
  • Sodium: 641.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 54.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
  • Protein: 12.0 g

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Introduction

From Amer Heart Assoc. Easy, sophisticated pasta. I use whole wheat pasta. From Amer Heart Assoc. Easy, sophisticated pasta. I use whole wheat pasta.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 tsp olive oil
    1 lg onion
    2 lg garlic cloves
    6 oz no-salt-added tomato paste
    2 Tbl minced fresh parsley
    2 tsp sugar
    1 1/4 tsp Italian seasoning
    1/2 tsp dried basil, crumbled
    1/8 tsp salt
    1/8 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
    1/4 tsp black pepper
    14.5 oz no-salt-added crushed tomatoes
    1 cup water
    15 oz tomato sauce (I changed this; their recipe calls for 8 oz, but we like this better)
    1/4 cup red wine
    1 med bay leaf
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    16 oz dried spaghetti
    1/2 cup parmesan cheese

Directions

Heat a medium saucepan over med-high heat. Pour the oil into the pan and swirl to coat bottom. Cook onion and garlic 2-3 min until onion is soft, stirring occasionally.

Whisk in tomato paste, parsley, sugar, herb seasoning, basil, sal, red pepper flakes, and black pepper. Reduce heat to med-low and cook 4 min, stirring often.

Stir in remaining sauce ingredients. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, for 1 to 1 hour 30 min. Remove bay leaf.

Meanwhile, prepare spaghetti using package directions, omitting salt and oil. Drain well. Stir in parmesan.

To serve, spoon spaghetti onto plates and ladle sauce over. Serves 8 people.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PEACHTREE45.