Better Than a Jar Spaghetti Sauce
photo by SweetsLady
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 453.59 g ground beef (or 4 Italian sausage links cooked and cut into bite size pieces)
- 2 (822.13 g) can diced tomatoes
- 170.09 g can tomato paste
- 425.24 g can tomato sauce
- 78.78 ml merlot (or red cooking wine)
- 4.92 ml cayenne pepper (or to taste)
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 zucchini, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 large carrot, shredded
- 283.49 g button mushrooms (whole or sliced)
- 4.92-9.85 ml salt (or to taste)
- 4.92 ml pepper (or to taste)
- 7.39 ml oregano, ground
- 7.39 ml basil, ground
- 9.85 ml thyme
- 9.85 ml sugar
directions
- Brown ground beef and onion and drain.
- Add zucchini and peppers to ground beef and cook for about 2 minutes stirring well.
- Add wine to ground beef mixture and simmer for another 2 minutes, stir well.
- Add rest of ingredients to hamburger mixture.
- Simmer for 1-2 hours.
- Serve on penne pasta or spaghetti noodles.
- This can also be made in the crock pot. Cook the first three steps on the stove and add to the crock pot when completed. Add all other ingredients to crock pot, cover and cook for 6-8 hours.
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I teach at both a high school and college several miles away from home. Cooking during the week is sometimes difficult to do so I'm always looking for easy recipes I can incorporate into a busy week. On weekends, you'll usually find me cooking up a storm for occassional leftovers for the week or to entertain guests.
My favorite tool to cook with... the grill. If I didn't live so close to the cities, I'd cook over an open pit fire every night.
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