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• Pesky member

  February 2011

  Super easy and you can fudge around with the ingredients a bit:

  Dad's Spaghetti Meat Sauce 

  1/2 cup sliced or diced onion (your preference)

  2 tbspns olive oil (3 if using 2 1/2 - 3 lbs of meat)

  1 -2 1/2 lbs of meat (I tend to use 3 lbs because there is easily enough to freeze; I tend to use very lean ground beef as turkey is a bit too bland)

  6 cloves of garlic, minced (have to differ from my dad here, who loves garlic; I use a bit less but use at least 3-4 and save yourself the headache and use the preminced stuff in the jar; you can use fresh obviously but the other stuff saves time)

  4 1lb cans of tomatoes (you can use plum, regular, fire-roasted -- depends on the flavor you are looking for; I tend to use plum)

  2 8 oz cans seasoned tomato sauce

  1 3 oz can broiled mushrooms (you can use sliced fresh mushrooms instead)

  1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley

  1 1/2 tsp oregano

  1 tsp salt (just season to taste)

  2 pinches thyme (I used to skip this because my mom always hated thyme and the sauce does not suffer one bit, so depends if you like thyme)

  1 bay leaf (I sometimes up this to 2, especially if the leaves are small)

  1 large can tomato paste (I always used a smaller can but whatever)

  water, as needed

  I use a huge electric skillet but you will need a BIG pan or pot.  Cook the onion in the oil until almost tender.  Add the meat and garlic and brown meat (he says lightly, I just cook it).  Add remaining ingredients.  Simmer uncovered for 2 to 2 1/2 hours until sauce is nice and thick, stirring occasionally.  Remove bay leaf (or leaves) and serve over hot pasta. 

  
  
  DD -- 5YO
  DS -- 3YO
  

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• busybea

  February 2011

  YUMYUMYUMMY - Thank you SO much!  This sounds delish!

  Nicholas Jacob born on 06/30/2009, 9.5lbs and 21 1/4" long Joshua Scott 5.3lbs & Jonathan Matthew 6.2lbs, born 08/31/10

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