Spaghetti Sauce

Pasta is such a versatile ingredient when it comes to the number of different sauces you can pair it with. But this is the traditional sauce that most people think of when they talk about a meat sauce. This is actually my mom's recipe that I tweeked just a tad but I stuck pretty close to her original recipe overall! You can pair this  recipe with pretty much anything from spaghetti to lasagna, baked ziti to stuffed shells. It tastes fantastic, is super simple, and is wayyy better than any of that junk you get out of a jar! Plus, since this batch provides a great deal of leftovers, I love to store the rest of it in Ziploc baggies in the freezer so you can have homemade meat sauce whenever you like! Here's the recipe:

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In a deep pot, heat up about 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil. Dice up a medium sized onion and toss it in the pot. Add in 2 cloves of freshly minced garlic and stir together. Saute the onions and garlic until the onions start to caramelize. Add in 1 pound of 90/10 ground beef and mix together well. Cook until the meat is well browned then dump the mixture into a colander and drain off any liquid. Toss the mixture back into the pot and add in 1 large can of diced tomatoes, 1 medium can of diced tomatoes, 1 medium can of tomato sauce, 2 large tbsp of tomato paste, 1 tbsp of sugar, 2 tbsp of parsley, 2 tbsp of oregano, 1 tsp of basil, 1 tsp of salt, and 1/2 tsp of pepper. Stir everything together really well then lower the heat allowing the covered pot to simmer for approximately three hours. Stir every so often. Serve over your favorite pasta and

ENJOY!