an experiment in the kitchen (meat sauce)

im kicking myself now for not taking pictures but this creation ended up being so good I decided to share it with you anyway. i was craving good old spaghetti and meat sauce for dinner. when i went to the pantry for a jar of tomato sauce, I was out! so the experiment began…

Ingredients:
1 yellow bell pepper 
½ yellow onion

1 glove of garlic

1 ½ T. sugar

1 6 oz. can of tomato paste

1 t. dried basil

1 C. water

salt and pepper to taste

1 Lbs. ground beef

Directions:

start water for pasta and cook pasta as directed (suggestions below*).

cook ground beef until browned. 

while the meat is cooking dice ½ an onion, mince one garlic glove  and one yellow bell pepper. remove the meat, but do not drain the grease, leave it in the pan. sauté the onion and bell pepper in the grease from the meat until the onion is translucent. add the salt, sugar, pepper, basil, tomato paste, and water. stir until the tomato paste has turned into the consistency of a sauce.


next pour the sauce into a blender and “mix” the ingredients for a smoother texture. transfer the sauce back into the pan and add the already prepared meat. 


the sauce is ready to be served. put a generous helping over a serving of pasta and enjoy!

*Cooking Tip:I recommend adding a teaspoon of salt to the water and putting olive oil over the pasta once you have drained it to prevent the pasta from sticking.  if you find that the the sauce is to acidic add a little sugar to even it out!