Beef / Pork

Homemade Spaghetti Dinner with Beef Sauce is for Dinner.

Homemade Spaghetti Dinner with Beef Sauce takes several minutes to prepare.

Homemade Spaghetti Dinner with Beef Sauce takes several minutes to cook.

Homemade Spaghetti Dinner with Beef Sauce makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Homemade Spaghetti Dinner with Beef Sauce are:

1 box whole wheat spaghetti
1 large bell pepper (any color)
1/4 large yellow onion
4 cloves garlic, chopped/minced
2c. sliced/chopped baby portabello mushrooms
24 oz. jar pasta sauce - I use Newman's Own Tomato and Basil
salt, pepper to taste

Here is how you make Homemade Spaghetti Dinner with Beef Sauce:

1. Chop garlic, bell pepper, mushrooms, and onion. Add garlic and onions to LARGE skillet on medium-high heat with a small amount of oil; allow to caramelize.2. Add ground beef to skillet and cook until medium-well (very slightly pink in the middle of chunks).3. Add peppers and mushrooms to skillet and turn until peppers are just bright green (or brighter yellow/red).4. Add tomato sauce slowly, stirring as you add. Add any salt or pepper as needed, to taste.5. Cook and drain pasta according to directions on box.6. Mix and serve! Makes 6 2ish cup servings... enough to fill your standard size cereal bowl.This recipe also works great without the beef, or substituted with another meat. Play with the vegetable content too, I have added broccoli, olives, capers, and other goodies in the past... this is just my go-to recipe.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user THENOTSOCOOLONE.

The nutritional information for Homemade Spaghetti Dinner with Beef Sauce is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 520.9

• Total Fat: 25.7 g
• Cholesterol: 56.7 mg
• Sodium: 678.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 53.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 7.2 g
• Protein: 24.0 g