spaghetti with meat sauce

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 328.9
  • Total Fat: 9.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 40.2 mg
  • Sodium: 600.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 43.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 7.4 g
  • Protein: 21.4 g

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Introduction

a lighter version of spaghetti and meat sauce a lighter version of spaghetti and meat sauce
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    1/2 box of whole wheat pasta uncooked
    1/2 a pound of ground turkey meat (80 or 93^)
    1 can of diced tomato with basil and garlic
    2 cloves of garlic
    2 cans of tomato sauce (low sodium)
    3 oz of mozarella cheese shredded (Part skim milk)
    6 tablespoons grated parmessan cheese (low sodium)

Directions

Cook whole wheat spaghetti in a large pan with 2 quarts of water. while spaghetti is boiling add 1/2 tsp olive oil to soften spaghetti. Do not add salt. when cooked drain and put in a glass dish and cover. Mince two cloves of garlic and put in a saucepan with 1/2 teaspoon olive oil and saute for about 3 minutes. Add tomato sauce cans and diced tomatoes to saucepan and heat. Set aside when lightly bubbling. Cook ground turkey in a frying pan with nonstick.
Place cooked meat inside the saucepan with the spaghetti sauce and stir. add the mozarella cheese and stir. Pour sauce over spaghetti and serve in a plate. add grated parmessan about 1 tablespoon for each serving. Makes about 6 servings of 1.5 cups per serving.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BENDITAROSE.

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    I tried it and really enjoyed it. I added a pinch of salt while spaghetti cooked. Thanks for sharing - 8/17/09