This Quick and Easy Spaghetti Sauce Recipe is a family favourite (which is pretty amazing because it’s rare everyone in the family likes the same meal!). How quick and easy is this spaghetti sauce recipe you ask? It’s dinner in under 30 minutes! Super versatile you will love this Quick and Easy Spaghetti Sauce Recipe…
Quick and Easy Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
Aside: I double cook this recipe to have dinner tonight and then I put the extra into thermos’ for school lunch tomorrow. It also freezes really well. You can use this Quick and Easy Spaghetti Sauce Recipe for spaghetti, penne, scooby doos (my kids’ favourite), and even as the base meat sauce for lasagna!
- 1 lb extra lean ground beef
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- dash of salt and pepper
- 1 can crush tomatoes
- 1/2 can water
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp sugar (cuts the acidity in the sauce)
- 2 tbsp herbs de provence (you can substitute basil)
- In a sauce pan, brown ground beef adding garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste.
- In a medium sized sauce pan (or pot) empty contents of can of crushed tomatoes. Fill the same can half full with water and mix into tomatoes. Add garlic powder, sugar, and herbs de provence and stir well. Simmer on low.
- Once ground beef is browned – drain to discard fat. Then, add browned beef into tomato sauce mixture.
- Turn heat up to high. Once you see bubbles on top of sauce reduce heat to low. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
- Serve with your favourite pasta or use as a tomato meat sauce for lasagna.
Herbs de Provence is a mixture of dry herbs found in most grocery stores. It usually contains oregano, thyme, rosemary, and basil. It’s great not only in this Quick and Easy Spaghetti Sauce Recipe but also great as a dry rub lamb and chicken.
And while you have this spaghetti sauce on the brain – I highly recommend you try my Spaghetti Pie Recipe…
yummy!@ This looks so delicious thanks!
Sounds super easy! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Looks great and sound pretty simple thanks!
Will have to try this
Very fast
I was just telling my husband a couple of days ago that I’m never buying storebought spaghetti sauce again. But I hadn’t found a homemade recipe yet. And now i found this! Thanks!
This recipe does look super fast and easy, I can’t wait to try it, thanks!
It’s the good pasta sauce like this one that really makes the dish!
I am so glad you posted this delicious looking sauce.
It’s the sauce that makes the dish so delicious.Thanks for posting a great pasta sauce.
This sounds like a delicious sauce
We made this last week,quick and simple and delicious !!
This is a great dish and I love how it’s so easy to make