Spaghetti with "Meat" Sauce
Spaghetti with "Meat" Sauce

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Rich and meaty spaghetti sauce is surprisingly easy to make, and ready in just over an hour. Serve over any variety of hot cooked pasta. Combine ground beef, onion, garlic, and green pepper in a large saucepan.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have spaghetti with "meat" sauce using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti with "Meat" Sauce:
  1. Prepare 1/2 Onion, chopped
  2. Prepare 2 medium Carrots, sliced thin
  3. Prepare 1 Celery, sliced
  4. Get 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
  5. Make ready 1 cup Dried Lentils
  6. Get 15 oz can Crushed Tomatoes
  7. Get 1/2 cup Italian Parsley, chopped
  8. Prepare 5 medium Fresh Basil Leaves or tsp dried
  9. Make ready 1/2 box Spaghetti Noodles
  10. Prepare 1 cup Cheddar or Colby Jack Cheese, shredded

Use ground beef, turkey, pork, chicken or lamb to make this simple spaghetti recipe. Jump to the Easy Weeknight Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Recipe or read on to see our tips for making it. An easy meat sauce recipe for spaghetti made quickly with ground beef and pasta sauce, flavored with onion and garlic. Some people may decide that this version with a very small amount of meat in it may not.

Instructions to make Spaghetti with "Meat" Sauce:
  1. Note: You can use any vegetables you have. You can also change the cheese to Parmesan if desired.
  2. Add carrots, celery and onion to pan with 2 tbsp water and saute till onions are cooked and slightly brown. Add water tbsp at a time to prevent burning.
  3. Add tbsp water and italian seasoning with salt and pepper and stir.
  4. Add Lentils and water enough to cover lentils. Bring to boil and simmer for 35 minutes. Keep an eye on it and add water as needed. Water should be gone at end of 35 minutes.
  5. Put water in a pot with shake of salt and heat for spaghetti noodles. Add spaghetti when it boils.
  6. Scoop half lentils into blender and blend for a minute. Pour back into pan and scoop other half into blender and blend that for a minute. Pour back into pan. Some lentils will be whole. That's ok.
  7. Add crushed tomatoes, basil and parsley. Stir and simmer 15 minutes.
  8. If desired, add spaghetti to "meat" sauce and toss OR put spaghetti on plate and scoop sauce on top.
  9. Plate spaghetti, sprinkle with cheese and serve.
  10. NOTE: If you want a more saucy "meat" sauce you can add another can of crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce. If you want the sauce to be a little more sweet and tomatoey add in and a few squirts of ketchup

This EASY Spaghetti and Meat Sauce is cooked all in one pot! The meat sauce is made from scratch on the stove and cooked with the spaghetti all at the same time. No extra pots to wash, fast and delicious! A few easy tricks make this spaghetti and meat sauce from scratch both simple and incredibly flavorful. Toss this meat sauce with your favorite pasta for a quick meal, or use it for other dishes such as Lasagna.

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