Beef / Pork

Meat and Vegetable Sauce is for Dinner.

Meat and Vegetable Sauce takes 40 minutes to prepare.

Meat and Vegetable Sauce takes 90 minutes to cook.

Meat and Vegetable Sauce makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Meat and Vegetable Sauce are:

1 pound of lean ground beef
1 14.5oz container of Trader Joe's Mirepoix
2 medium sized yellow squash shredded (or zucchini)
1 15oz can of diced tomatoes
1 6oz can of tomato paste
1 8oz can of tomato sauce
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (1 Tbsp)
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
minced garlic (1 tsp)
parsley (1 tsp dry)
oregano (1 tsp dry)
Italian seasoning (1 tsp)
Basil (1 tsp dry)

If you want to spice it up you can also add one of these spices:
red pepper flakes
Piri-Piri Sauce
chili powder

Here is how you make Meat and Vegetable Sauce:

In a hot skillet, saute mirepoix and garlic in olive oil. Once onions are translucent, add shredded squash. Add salt, pepper, parsley, oregano and Italian seasoning and saute another 4-5 minutes. In a large pot or Dutch Oven mix the diced tomatoes, sauce and paste together. Add mirepoix mixture. In the skillet used for the vegetables, cook the ground beef seasoned with salt and pepper. If you like a little spice you can add a dash of red pepper flakes, a dash of chili powder or a tsp of Piri-Piri sauce. Once the meat is cooked through, drain it and add it to the tomato and vegetable mixture. Simmer on a low heat for 1.5 hours (or if you're in a hurry it can be ready in half an hour). Serve with a multi-grain or gluten-free pasta. Or over roasted slices of eggplant. Serving Size:?Makes 12 or more 1 cup servings

The nutritional information for Meat and Vegetable Sauce is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 153.5

• Total Fat: 5.6 g
• Cholesterol: 33.8 mg
• Sodium: 344.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 11.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
• Protein: 12.7 g