Pasta Sauce

For me, pasta sauce is the most relaxing, satisfying thing to cook. I love to cut up all those vegetables, sauté them, adding the herbs and spices. And then the smell of it as it cooks for hours, the longer the better! And I make it really chunky, no watery sauces for me!

 

Pasta Sauce

3 lbs ground beef

2 tbsp olive oil

2 onions, chopped

2 bell peppers (red and green), chopped

3 medium carrots, chopped

3 ribs of celery, chopped

2-8 oz packages of mushrooms, thinly sliced

4 cloves of garlic, minced

2-28 oz cans of crushed Roma tomatoes

1 tbsp granulated sugar

2-3 tsp dried basil

2-3 tsp dried oregano

1-2 tsp dried thyme

1 tsp red pepper flakes

1 bay leaf

salt and pepper to taste

* Feel free to adjust the seasonings to taste, I do it all the time ;)

 

In a large pot, cook the ground beef until no longer pink. Remove from pot, drain and set aside. In the same pot heat the olive oil and add the onions, bell peppers, carrots and celery. Sauté until onions are translucent. Add in the garlic and the mushrooms and cook until mushrooms have cooked down a bit. Add the beef back into the pot then add the tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients. Mix well and cook on low heat for at least 1 hour or up to 3 hours. Serve with pasta of your choice.

 

Done