Beef / Pork

Veggie Pasta Sauce is for Dinner.

Veggie Pasta Sauce takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Veggie Pasta Sauce takes 30 minutes to cook.

Veggie Pasta Sauce makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Veggie Pasta Sauce are:

1 lb ground round
2 T extra-virgin olive oil
2 T minced garlic
½ C chopped onion
½ C chopped red pepper
1 C packed fresh spinach leaves, roughly chopped
½ C finely grated carrot
½ C finely grated zucchini
2 T chopped fresh oregano (1 T dried)
2 T chopped fresh basil (1t dried)
1 large tomato, chopped
1 28 oz can organic tomato sauce
1 12 oz can organic tomato paste
1 C red wine
1 C freshly grated parmesan cheese

Here is how you make Veggie Pasta Sauce:

Brown beef in skillet, remove and drain. In clean skillet, heat olive oil and cook garlic and onion until soft. Add spinach, carrots, zucchini, oregano and basil, stirring frequently for 5-7 minutes until soft. Transfer to food processor, add chopped tomato and puree until smooth.In skillet, mix tomato sauce, tomato paste and red wine, add vegetable mixture, browned beef and parmesan cheese, simmer on low heat 20-30 minutes (or cook in a slow cooker on low heat for 5-6 hours).Makes 16, 1/2 cup servingsNumber of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MARNALYNNE.

The nutritional information for Veggie Pasta Sauce is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 168.6

• Total Fat: 8.8 g
• Cholesterol: 24.5 mg
• Sodium: 632.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 11.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
• Protein: 10.1 g