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Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
This homemade spaghetti sauce is a great go-to recipe. Feel free to add a lb of ground meat such as beef, turkey, chicken, venison, or lamb. Read the notes section for more info!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 large sweet onion, diced
1 cup mushrooms, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
28 oz can organic crushed tomatoes
15 oz can organic tomato sauce
1 cup lightly packed fresh basil, chopped
1 tsp salt
Several grinds of fresh black pepper
Instructions
- Brown the onion with the olive oil in a large stainless steel skillet on medium heat. Add the mushrooms and minced garlic and sauté a couple mins, stirring well.
- Turn heat to low. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, chopped basil, salt, and freshly ground pepper.
- Turn up heat until mixture is sizzling. Then turn down to simmer, cover the pan with a top (leave it slightly cracked), then let simmer for 20-30 minutes or up to 2 hours to allow the flavors to develop. Stir occasionally to ensure the sauce isn’t sticking to the bottom.
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Notes
If you want to add ground meat to the recipe, then add 1 lb of desired ground meat and brown it in the pan with the onion and 1 teaspoon of salt. Then follow the rest of the recipe as described.
For the noodles, you can use:
Zucchini noodles
Spaghetti Squash
Banza Pasta (made from chickpeas) – this is my favorite go-to healthy pasta brand!
Lentil Pasta (“Ancient Harvest” and “Tolerant” are good brands)
