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Classic Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

August 22, 2008 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 7 Comments

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This recipe is featured in the 21 Freezer Cooking Recipes from Costco Meal Plan #5.

Pasta

CLASSIC!

*Use Gluten-Free Pasta noodles and spaghetti sauce, if eating a gluten-free diet.

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Classic Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Just can't go wrong with homemade spaghetti and meat sauce!
Prep Time5 minutes minutes
Cook Time20 minutes minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 1 lb. Pasta noodles
  • 1 lb. ground beef or turkey
  • Optional minced garlic, minced onion,
  • 3-4 cups spaghetti sauce, or 26 oz. jar worth
  • Side dish ideas frozen veggies, fresh veggies, dinner rolls

Instructions

  • 1 lb. Pasta noodles
  • 1 lb. ground beef or turkey
  • Optional minced garlic, minced onion,
  • 3-4 cups spaghetti sauce, or 26 oz. jar worth
  • Side dish ideas frozen veggies, fresh veggies, dinner rolls
  • Boil water, add pasta, cook 10-12 minutes. Drain. Set aside.
  • While pasta is cooking, brown the ground beef. Add any additional spices or minced garlic or minced onion. Drain well.
  • Add spaghetti sauce to ground beef and let simmer so flavors mingle.
  • Prepare side dishes.
  • Serve Spaghetti with sides.
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Comments

  1. carol says

    May 30, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    thanks

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  2. Kim Hayes says

    September 25, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    Thank you!

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  3. Deb says

    January 14, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    Great recipes! They make cooking thrifty into cooking tasty!

    Reply
  4. quanchengreyi says

    November 18, 2014 at 3:43 am

    Keep posting the articles,usefull to every one.

    Reply

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