Here's the Spaghetti Sauce I made today. Delicious! Makes 8 cup, 59 calories per cup, traditional from 150 to 200 calories per cup
1 28 oz can tomatoes
2 tbsp tomato sauce
3 oz extra lean ground beef1 medium green pepper chopped
1 medium red pepper chopped
1 cup mushrooms sliced
1 onion chopped
2 cloves garlic chopped
2 medium carrots sliced thin
2 tsp italian spice
few drops hot sauce
Cook meat and onions then add all the other ingredients. Cook until vegetables are tender.
I cup of cooked spaghetti is 170 calories, and it seems I can never stop at one cup. So to night I also cooked half a small spaghetti squash. Placed it on the plate with the spaghetti. Very good and very filling!
I find that I don't need a lot of meat in a spaghetti sauce. A little doesn't seem to affect the taste that much. The other trick is to add a lot of vegetables. The carrots are especially nice, they add sweetness, so I don't need to add sugar. Vary vegetables and spices. I usually add a tsp of oregano, 1/2 tsp of basil and a bay leaf, but today just added the italian spice.
