Grandma Barb's Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier with a higher smoke point.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Add olive oil into a large pot.

Add diced onions and cook until tender and translucent.

Add garlic and cook until fragrant.

Add 1 pound of ground beef, breaking it up as it cooks.

Season the ground beef with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

Cook the ground beef until done, then drain off the fat.

Add diced tomatoes to the pot.

Add tomato sauce (no tomato paste used).

Mix in sugar, celery salt, red pepper flakes, dried herbs, and fennel.

Add a bay leaf and stir everything together.

Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, remove the bay leaf and taste the sauce to adjust seasonings if needed.

Add fresh basil and fresh parsley to the sauce and stir in.

Serve the sauce over cooked spaghetti noodles (12 ounces recommended) and top with parmesan cheese.

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