The Writer in Black

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Monday, January 25, 2016

Feeding the Active Writer

To Maim for Pasta Sauce

Most commercial pasta sauces are full of sugars.  Not good if you're on a low-carb diet.  I found one available locally but it's ridiculously expensive--something close to three times the cost of typical national brands.

So I've come up with this one.  It's a meat sauce but if you prefer you can leave out the ground beef and it's a pretty good marinara.  As it is, I won't say it's quite good enough to kill for, but maybe good enough to maim for. ;)

Ingredients:

1 28 Oz can diced tomatoes (no sugar added) undrained  divided
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried parsley flakes
2 tsp salt (or to taste)
1 lb ground beef
1/4 cup red wine
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil.

Preparation

Combine half the can of tomatoes and the next eight ingredients in a blender and puree.
Mix in the remainder of the tomatoes but do not blend (I like to keep it a little "chunky".
In a saucepan brown and crumble the ground beef.
Add the wine and olive oil to the saucepan.
Heat, stirring frequently, until the wine begins to simmer.
Add the tomato mixture to the pan and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, simmering for about 15 minutes to combine the flavors.

Works well with spaghetti squash.

Enjoy.

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