Pasta Sauces Recipe ⤞ Clean-Eating Hearty Pasta Sauce

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.

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

Cooking 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories436
• carbohydrateContent80 g
• cholesterolContent24.7 mg
• fatContent6.3 g
• fiberContent14.6 g
• proteinContent22.5 g
• saturatedFatContent2.1 g
• sodiumContent2195.7 mg
• sugarContent11.9 g