My World Famous Spaghetti Recipe

An Easy Recipe for Delicious Spaghetti

Aliyah Spears
Aliyah Spears, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Sep 29, 2011 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."
Who doesn't love spaghetti? Could it be the swirl of the noodles? The rich flavor of the sauce? The fact that it's a fun food to eat? What is your most favorite food in the world to eat? Please list it in the comments.
Category
Main Dish, Side Dish, Sauce
Cuisine
Italian
Main Ingredients
Healthy Cooking
Prep Time
 
Cook Time
2 hrs  
Total Time
2 hrs  

Ingredients

Serves 8
- 2 1/2 pounds ground meat, (sirloin, ground round, turkey or meatloaf mix...)
- 3 jars spaghetti sauce (Prego, Classico, Paul Newman, etc
- 2 cans stewed tomatoes (celery, onion and bell pepper)
- 3/4 cup onion, coarsely chopped
- 3/4 cup green bell pepper coarsely chopped**
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper. sliced julienne (strips)
- 2 tablespoons oregano
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder (divide in half)
- 2 cloves garlic, (sliced thin on the diagonal)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 basil leaves (whole uncut)
- 1/4 teaspoon natural sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/2 lb whole wheat spaghetti, regular spaghetti or macaroni
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Directions for My World Famous Spaghetti Recipe

1
Prep the Pan
Start by heating the oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat for 3 minutes, or until hot.
2
Saute
Add the onions and coarsely chopped green bell peppers. Sprinkle 2 teaspoon garlic over onions and green bell peppers. Lightly saute and stir for about 3 minutes (vegetables should not be soft. Remove vegetables from heat and cool.
3
Season the Meat
In metal mixing bowl, (or in cooled saucepan) add vegetable to ground beef. Add second teaspoon of garlic powder (reserve a dash for final seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly.
4
Brown the Meat
Return the meat to medium heat and brown. Use a spatula to chop meat into small pieces while it cooks. Chop continually. Drain excess oil. *A colander or strainer is good to drain the fat quickly and thoroughly.
5
Now the Sauce
In a large saucepot, add the ground beef mixture, spaghetti sauce, drained stewed tomatoes (save juice if sauce becomes too thick), oregano, sliced cloves of garlic and chili powder. Stir gently.
6
Season the seasonings...
Top sauce in the center with julienne strips of green bell pepper and whole leaf basil. Sprinkle bell pepper and basil with dash of garlic.
7
Simmer
Cover and simmer over low heat for 90 minutes, stirring occassionally
8
Pasta
In a four quart pot, heat and add recommended amount of water per package directions. Add one drop of olive oil to keep pasta from sticking. To ensure too much oil is not added, (dip the very tip of fork in olive oil and swirl in the water.)
9
Servings
Drain pasta and serve on large platter. Remove basil leaves from sauce. Serve as topping over pasta per individual serving
Tip
Green bell pepper may be left out for little children. Remember...when you were a little? Green bell pepper had a bitter taste. Babies, toddler, tweens and teens have far more taste buds than adults. children even have tastebuds on the sides and roof of their mouth. Whereas your tolerance for foods has grown, the disappearance and insensitivity of your tastebuds are, in part, the reason for that. Dr. Brent Ridge, of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

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