The BEST Spaghetti Sauce

Sorry for the gap between posts, sick baby=busy mama! But now that I have some time I HAD to share my spaghetti sauce recipe. This one is an original, not a tweaked recipe and it took a long time and many failed attempts to perfect it! Ever go to an Italian restaurant and be craving spaghetti only to be disappointed by flavorless sauce? Well that issue does not exist here! This sauce is SOOOOO good that you might just forget the noodles because you will be eating it right out of the pot! I hope you enjoy! 

Ingredients:

1-1.5 pounds of extra lean ground beef (the picture shows almost 4lbs- I'm using the rest for chili) 

1 green pepper chopped

2 sm/med onions chopped

1 large jar of your favorite classic flavored pasta sauce. (No meat or veggie flavored sauce)

10 cloves of garlic chopped-I know it sounds like a lot but we are OBSESSED with garlic, so feel free to decrease the amount

Dried Italian seasoning

1 box of your favorite spaghetti- I used thin spaghetti

Heat olive oil in pan and sauté onions, peppers and garlic until onions are tender. Season liberally with salt, pepper and Italian seasoning.

Clear a spot in the middle of the pan and add the ground beef. Liberally season with salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. The key to yummy food is to season EVERY layer! After seasoning, mix veggies with the beef and cook till meat is completely browned. 

Now here's the fun part! Take that metal "wavy" potato masher and mash your little heart out! Mash until the meat is broken apart and consistently the same size. Then add the entire container of pasta sauce, season with salt, pepper, italian seasoning and simmer for the length of time that it takes to boil the water and cook the noodles. Now there is always variations to this recipe. You can not add the meat and be all veggies, just add different colored peppers. Sometimes I keep the meat and all the colored peppers. Or you could add Italian sausage along with the ground beef. Feel free to make it your own!