Simple Bolognese Recipe

Bolognese is a simple meat sauce you can order at any Italian restaurant in town. It’s the “red sauce” on the menu. Meat, tomato sauce, and pasta are three peas in a pod. Add some zucchini, onions and garlic, and you have a killer sauce. This is a great way to stretch your dollar before the holiday crunch. It is also an easy way to prepare a delicious meat sauce, and hopefully provide you with some leftovers for a couple days.

Bolognese pasta sauce

Ingredients

• 1 pound of lean ground meat (Beef, turkey, whatever you like. In this recipe I used beef)
• 5 garlic cloves minced
• 1/2 medium onion diced
• 1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce (I use organic basil tomato combo from Trader Joe’s)
• 1 medium size zucchini sliced and cut into halves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• dash of cayenne pepper

Directions

1. In a large sauce pot on a medium heat, put in your raw ground meat, garlic, onions, and salt
2. Let it cook until it is completely done (about 10 minutes)
3. Pour in tomato sauce and a dash of cayenne pepper
4. Bring to a boil stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes
5. Let sauce simmer for 20 minutes on low
6. Pour in your zucchini and bring back to a boil for 5 minutes
7. Your sauce is done!

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