lil carb Meat Sauce

Watch me cook this SIMPLE sauce!

I am all for quick, healthy, simple meals using fresh ingredients. And actually- that's the driving force for all of my recipes. This meat sauce, bolognese, whatevs you want to call it fits perfectly in my blog. This meal comes together really quickly but tastes like you were simmering it on the stove for hours. The key is finding a good quality jarred sauce that you love that is low carb OR making your own low carb sauce. A lot of sauces in stores now are locally made with fresh ingredients so if you don't have the time just pick up a jar of sauce! Busy weeknights should not mean unhealthy, un-tasty food. I served this sauce over spaghetti squash noodles but you can take this simple recipe and serve it over some zoodles or even pasta!

lil carb Meat Sauce- Serves 3
1 lb Ground Beef- I use 90/10
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
24 oz of prepared tomato sauce, jarred or homemade
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
Salt & Pepper, to taste
4 fresh basil leaves, torn

Heat a large skillet with high sides over medium high heat with 1 Tbsp of olive oil.
Brown the meat for about 2 minutes, drain excess fat if needed.
Continue to brown and add in onion and garlic and stir well.
Keep cooking until the meat is fully cooked- about another 2-3 minutes.
Sprinkle with Italian seasoning.
Mix well.
Add in the tomato sauce.
Stir and lower heat to medium heat.
Allow sauce to begin to gently bubble up and warm through but not boil or bubble too much- turn your heat down if that happens.
Taste for salt and pepper.
Right before serving stir in fresh basil leaves.

Click here to learn how to make spaghetti squash noodles!