CLEAN-EATING HEARTY PASTA SAUCE

Clean-Eating Hearty Pasta Sauce image

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.

Provided by GymRat

Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Pasta Sauce Recipes Meat Sauce

Time 1h

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

½ 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 ½ tablespoons dried basil
1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
1 teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (16 ounce) package whole-wheat spaghetti
1 gallon water
salt

Steps:

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.
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.
While sauce is simmering, bring salted water to a boil and cook spaghetti according to package directions. Serve sauce over hot pasta.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 436 calories, Carbohydrate 80 g, Cholesterol 24.7 mg, Fat 6.3 g, Fiber 14.6 g, Protein 22.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 2195.7 mg, Sugar 11.9 g