Homemade Tomato and Meat Pasta Sauce


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 166.9
  • Total Fat: 5.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 25.0 mg
  • Sodium: 717.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 15.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
  • Protein: 13.4 g

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Introduction

From scratch meat sauce with mushrooms. Serve over spaghetti squash or pasta. From scratch meat sauce with mushrooms. Serve over spaghetti squash or pasta.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    1 lb 93% lean ground beef-yeilds about 10 oz.
    4 14.5 oz cans diced peeled tomatoes
    8 oz tomato sauce
    2-4 cloves fresh garlic
    1 cup raw diced onion
    8 oz raw sliced mushrooms
    1 tbsp olive oil
    1 tsp dried basil
    1 tsp dried oregano

Directions

Sautee garlic, onion, and mushrooms in olive oil until onions are translucent, about 3 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside. Brown ground beef, then add mushroom and onion mixture back to the pan. You may wish to transfer this to a large sauce pan at this point unless your frying pan has deep sides. Puree 1 can of tomatoes in the blender and add to mixture. Add remaining 3 cans of tomotoes including juice. Mix all ingredients together and season with basil and oregano to taste. You may wish to add some granulated garlic to taste. Cover and simmer on low heat until well incorporated, about 1 hour. Stir occassionally.

Makes 7-8 1-cup servings at 3 WW points per serving depending on how long you simmer and reduce the sauce. Add points for pasta or squash as appropriate.

Number of Servings: 6.5

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KEEPTRYINGAZ.