Veggie Packed Pasta Sauce
A super easy short cut to get more veggies into your favorite pasta sauce
Ingredients
- 1 lbs Ground Turkey any ground meat will do
- 1 jar Pasta Sauce I like Cucina Antica
- 1 Red Bell Pepper diced
- 1 small Red Onion diced
- 1 8 oz Bella Mushrooms sliced
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 tablespoon Garlic Powder
- 1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning
- ¼ tsp Red Pepper Flakes optional, but I like the meat to be a little spicy
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1 package Banza Pasta I like Banza off the Whole30 and spaghetti squash on the Whole30
Instructions
- Heat a large pan to medium-high heat. Add the olive oil, red bell pepper, mushrooms, and red onion.
- Saute the veggies for about 5 minutes. Then add the ground meat to the same pan.
- While the meat is browning, add the garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes (optional). Saute for about 10 minutes or until the meat is cooked through.
- When the meat is cooked through, add a jar of your favorite pasta sauce to the pan. Let this simmer for another 5 minutes to heat the sauce.
- While the sauce is warming, cook your pasta according to the package. This can be veggie noodles, gluten-free pasta, or any "noodles" of your choosing.
- Combine the noodles with the veggie packed meat sauce. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- If you want different veggies- use them!
- Don't be afraid to use different noodles. I have been love Banza chickpea pasta, but I also love Jovial grain-free pasta or just simply spaghetti squash.
- This freezes great so if you want to save some time, freeze some pasta sauce before you add the noodles to the meal.
- Use any ground meat that you like. For this recipe, I like ground pork and ground turkey best, but any ground meat that you have on hand will do!
Nutrition
Calories: 223kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 30gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 995mgPotassium: 936mgFiber: 4gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 871IUVitamin C: 18mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 3mg
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