Beef / Pork

Hearty Pasta Sauce is for Dinner.

Hearty Pasta Sauce takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Hearty Pasta Sauce takes 30 minutes to cook.

Hearty Pasta Sauce makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Hearty Pasta Sauce are:

Ground beef, lean, 16 oz (1 LB)
*Contadina Tomato Paste - 3 small cans, 18 oz total
*Hunt's Tomato Sauce, no salt added, 0.25 cup (1can)
*Hunts Petite Diced Tomato, 1.0 cup (1 can)
*Garlic (fresh, raw, 1 clove), 4 cloves minced
*Red Onion, raw (chopped), .75 cup -about 1 med onion
*Spice, Oregano (dried), 4 tsp to taste
*Spice, Basil (dried), 4 tsp to taste
Garlic powder, 2 tsp to taste
*Kosher Salt, .5 tsp to taste
*Black Pepper, freshly ground, 1.0 tsp to taste
*Bertoli Extra Virgin Olive Oil, .5 tbsp
*Cheese (Kraft Shredded Parmesan, Romano, Asiago), 1 cup

Here is how you make Hearty Pasta Sauce:

Dice onion and mince Garlic.In a large heavy 4 qt pot, add in Olive Oil, brown the ground beef until almost brown. Add in Onion and garlic and saute until onions start to become soft. Drain excess grease off of meat carefully.Add in all cans of tomato paste, tomato sauce and diced tomatos, add in spices. Bring up to med boil and then simmer for atleast 30 min. I add a few ladels full of the pasta water as well to thin sauce out a bit. Cook your favorite pasta (not included in nutrition calculation) and once done, drain and mix in with sauce. Then top with a little shredded cheese (1/8 C) per serving. This will make 8 1 C Servings. Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ZEPPYB.

The nutritional information for Hearty Pasta Sauce is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 288.9

• Total Fat: 16.7 g
• Cholesterol: 55.0 mg
• Sodium: 462.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 16.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.7 g
• Protein: 19.1 g