Quick Tomato Meat Sauce Pasta

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often less expensive.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds a cheesy flavor.

Grate the carrot on the fine holes of a box grater.

Finely chop the onion and add it to a bowl with the grated carrot and chopped celery.

Heat a skillet and add the mixed vegetables (onion, carrot, celery).

Season the vegetables with salt and pepper and cook on medium-low heat until soft and golden.

If the vegetables start to dry out, add a little water to deglaze the skillet.

Set the cooked vegetables aside in a bowl.

Heat the skillet again and add a little olive oil.

Add the ground beef to the hot skillet and cook until browned.

Add the cooked vegetables back into the skillet with the browned beef.

Blend canned tomatoes in a blender and add to the skillet with the meat and vegetables.

Season the sauce with more salt, pepper, and dry herbs.

Let the sauce simmer while cooking the pasta in a separate pot of boiling water.

Add fresh herbs to the sauce before serving.

Serve the sauce over the cooked pasta and add extra cheese if desired.

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