Clean-Eating Hearty Pasta Sauce
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This is a satisfyingly hearty sauce that you can feel good about eating! Serve over whole grain spaghetti or brown rice pasta for gluten-free diets.
Servings per recipe: 6
Calories per serving: 436
Preparation time: 20m
Total cooking time: 1h
Ingredients:
- Sauce:
- 1/2 pound lean ground beef
- 2 small zucchinis, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons sucanat (crystallized sugar cane juice), or to taste
- 1 1/2 tablespoons dried basil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Pasta:
- 1 (16 ounce) package whole-wheat spaghetti
- 1 gallon water
- salt
Directions:
- 1 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef, zucchini, onion, and garlic in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
- 2 Stir crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, sucanat, basil, sea salt, oregano, and black pepper into beef mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until flavors have blended, at least 30 minutes or up to 1 hour for better flavor.
- 3 While sauce is simmering, bring salted water to a boil and cook spaghetti according to package directions. Serve sauce over hot pasta.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 6.3g | 10% |
| Saturated Fat | 2.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 25mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 2196mg | 88% |
| Potassium | 1080mg | 30% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 80g | 26% |
| Dietary Fiber | 14.6g | 58% |
| Protein | 22.5g | 45% |
| Sugars | 12g | |
| Vitamin A | 1322IU | |
| Vitamin C | 27mg | |
| Calcium | 144mg | |
| Iron | 12mg | |
| Thiamin | 1mg | |
| Niacin | 12mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 1mg | |
| Magnesium | 177mg | |
| Folate | 90mcg |
