Best Spaghetti

Best Spaghetti!!!

This is seriously the best spaghetti that I have ever eaten and probably because it reminds me of growing up and this is how my mom makes it...(well almost). I have only added a few things as I have grown older but in all seriousness it simply is the best!

Sauce:

1lb sweet Italian sausage (or any ground meat you like)

1 onion

2 cloves of garlic ( or 2 tsp prepared garlic)

1 small bell pepper or 5-7 mini peppers

1 small package of button mushrooms

1 zucchini

hand full of shredded carrots

1 large can of crushed tomatoes

1 thick and zesty ( most important ingredient)

1/2-1 cup of water (depends on how thick you like your sauce)

1 tsp of Italian seasonings

salt and pepper

Start off by browning the meat with the onion, peppers, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. When the meat is almost cooked I add the carrots. You can then drain off any fat if you wish to but I don't usually.

While the meat is cooking I cut up the zucchini

and mushrooms...

There is no substitute for this spice pack!!!

At this point you have one of two options...you can then toss the meat, uncooked veggies, tomatoes, and thick and zesty into the crock pot and cook on low for a few hours, or if you are running low on time which most of the time I am :) ... just toss the rest in a pot and cook over med/high for about 20 min or until the veggies are nice and tender. At this point you can adjust the thickness of your sauce by simply adding some of your starchy cooking water from the noodles. I like my sauce really thick so I don't usually add much if any at all. Serve this sauce over any kind of noodle you like!!! This night I chose spaghetti noodles and I opted to serve it with a frozen garlic bread!

Not that I don't enjoy making amazing fresh french bread but honestly that recipe will be for another day!

This recipe is usually enough for my family for one night of dinner plus about 2-3 cups of extra sauce which I then freeze and save for a round two dinner :)  Top your spaghetti with parm cheese (and ketchup if you grew up in my family) Don't knock it till you try it:)  I hope you all try this recipe and modify it how you like the most!!!

Oh one last tip if your kids don't like chucks of zucchini, then shred it with a cheese grater and they will never know it is in there!!