Thursday, September 4, 2008

Granny Pat's Spaghetti Sauce



This spaghetti sauce is a favorite in your dad's family. Nani's mom (Pat) used to make this recipe for her and Auntie Kay when they were kids. When they grew up they started making this for their families. 

I made it so much for you and your sister when you were little, I don't think you ever had red tomato sauce spaghetti until you were almost a teen!   

(I normally double this recipe for our family of 4)

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons oregano
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp tabasco sauce
8 oz Imagine Organic Gluten-Free Creamy Tomato Soup
8 oz Imagine Creamy Portobello Mushroom Soup
 
Directions:

Brown the ground beef and onion in the olive oil. (I don't use the olive oil as I find that even the leanest ground beef has enough oil)

Drain well. Add oregano, salt, pepper, chili powder to the meat mixture.

Cook about 1-3 minutes. Add tobasco sauce, tomato and mushroom soup.

Stir well and simmer with lid on for 45 minutes stirring frequently. Serve over pasta. I also serve with a salad and garlic bread. I sprinkled a little parmesan cheese over mine but you do not have to.

1 comment:

Fleur said...

How interesting, my mother used to make it too; slightly modified; we used to add mushrooms! I think it is from the old recipes of the 60's
when everyone used Campbell's soup to make sauces with!