Pasta With Meat Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 lb mixture of ground chuck and ground pork (if you do not)
• like this get 1 pound chuck
• 1 sweet onion
• 1 lb pasta (we use Rotini)

• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 14 ounces tomato sauce (no salt added)
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 4-5 garlic cloves
• grated parmesan cheese
• basil
• salt
• pepper

Directions

1. 1

   1. Saute onions in small amount of olive oil until light brown. If using fresh garlic, dice up two cloves and put in with onions.

2. 2

   2. Once onions are soft and light brown, mix in meat, and sprinkle with Mrs Dash salt/pepper. Saute until brown.

3. 3

   3. Add in can of crushed tomatoes and can of tomato sauce and stir.

4. 4

   4. Simmer for 45 minutes at least. Taste and add more seasoning if needed.

5. 5

   5. Boil water for pasta and cook pasta for 8 to 10 minutes. We like our pasta al dente (not too soft). Taste as you go.

6. 6

   6.When ready - strain - make sure all the water is gone. Put a little sauce on pasta so it does not stick. Keep the rest of the sauce in the bowl so you can each have as much as you want. A salad is a great side dish -- add grated parmesan if you like.