Description
A basic spaghetti sauce recipe made more Weight Watcher friendly by just changing a few simple ingredients around and lightening it up a bit. Serve over one cup of pasta for a satisfying meal!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound lean Ground Beef 93%
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 1 12 oz can tomato paste
- 1 envelope Italian Mushroom spaghetti sauce mix
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano leaves
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 1 bay leave crumbled.
Instructions
- Chop onion and cook it in a skillet over medium-high heat until the onion is cooked through. About 5-7 minutes.
- Add the ground beef to the skillet and cook until the beef is no longer pink in the middle. Drain any extra fat.
- Continue adding the tomato sauce, tomato paste, sauce mix, water, and seasonings to the skillet. Stir really well and let the spaghetti sauce simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. When the cooking is done remove the bay leaf out.
- Makes 6 servings:
- Serving size: 3/4 cup
Notes
WW Points: 3
For extra protein boost add in some protein pasta such as Barilla. to make it 26 g of protein per serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3/4 cup
- Calories: 209
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 496
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 19g
