I like to make large batches of spaghetti sauce so I always have some in the freezer ready to thaw for a busy school night dinner. This quick meat sauce lives up to it’s name. It goes together quickly and is tasty as well. I prefer to make marinara for my batch cooking days, but occasionally I will mix it up and make this meat sauce to make my meat loving husband happy. Though to be honest I do not use ground beef, I use ground turkey for all ground beef recipes. Over the years I have lost my taste for ground beef unless it is cook as a burger over open flame.

Quick Meat Sauce

6 tbsp. olive oil

3 cups sliced button mushrooms

1 ½ cups chopped red onion

1 ½ cups chopped celery

3 lbs. ground turkey

3 x 15 ounce cans tomato sauce

¾ cup chopped fresh basil

6 tbsp. tomato paste

3 tsp. Heather’s no-salt table blend

• In a medium stock pot heat oil
• Add mushroom, onion and celery
• Cook until onion is translucent and veggies are tender
• Add turkey and brown, as it cooks break turkey into bite sized pieces
• Mix in tomato sauce, basil, tomato paste, no-salt blend and enough water to get you to a consistence you like
• Simmer 10 minutes or until flavors melded to your preference
• Serve over hot pasta

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