Easy Meat Sauce
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 8:16am

Ingredients




2 lbs. ground sirloin
1 onion – sliced
1 bell pepper – diced
4 cloves garlic – chopped
29 oz. can crushed tomatoes
Healthy handful of fresh basil
¼ tsp. sugar
¼ tsp. red pepper flakes
½ tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. garlic powder
Olive oil for drizzling
Grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
Your favorite macaroni

Preparation

1 Heat a large frying pan. Add the meat and cook; breaking the meat up as it cooks. 2 Add the onion, bell pepper and the garlic and continue to sauté until the onion is transparent. 3 Add the crushed tomatoes and the seasonings and half of the basil chopped. 4 Simmer the sauce on low slightly covered for about 30 minutes. 5 Check for the seasoning and season again to if needed. 6 Prepare the macaroni as directed. 7 Garnish with a little extra olive oil, grated cheese and the rest of the fresh basil.