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Best Ever Meat Sauce
A delicious, hearty meat sauce packed full of veggies and fresh herbs.
Course:
Main Dish
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
1
lb
ground beef
browned, can be substituted with ground bison, turkey or venison
1
tablespoon
olive oil
1
medium onion
chopped
4
cloves
garlic
minced
1
small zucchini or yellow squash
chopped
1
cup
fresh mushrooms
sliced (optional)
1
stalk
celery
chopped
5
medium tomatoes
diced (or 1, 15oz can diced tomatoes)
1
tablespoon
sugar
2
teaspoons
sea salt
2
tablespoons
fresh basil
chopped
1/2
teaspoon
red pepper flakes
1
heaping tablespoon
italian seasoning
1/2
teaspoon
freshly ground black pepper
2
15 oz cans tomato sauce
1/2
cup
water
2
tablespoons
fresh parsley
chopped
Instructions
Cook the ground beef until browned, using a spatula or hamburger chopper to break it into small pieces. Set aside.
Heat oil over medium high heat in large sauce pan and sauté onion, garlic, squash, mushrooms and chopped tomatoes for 5 minutes.
Stir in sugar, salt, fresh basil, red pepper, Italian seasoning, black pepper, tomato sauce, water and cooked ground beef.
Bring to a boil and then turn heat to low. Simmer for 30 minutes.
Stir in parsley and serve over pasta.