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    • Savory Spaghetti Sauce

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    Meats Italian Italian5 4 servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1 lb Ground beef
    1 lg Onion; chopped
    2 15 oz. cans tomato sauce
    1 cl Garlic; minced
    1 Bay leaf
    1 tb Fresh basil
    2 ts Fresh oregano
    2 ts Sugar
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Pepper
    Hot cooked spaghetti

    INSTRUCTIONS

    In a Dutch oven, cook ground beef and onion until meat is browned and onion
is tender; drain. Add the next 8 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat;
cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Remove the bay leaf.
Serve over spaghetti.
From Taste of Home Magazine.
Per serving: 410 Calories (kcal); 30g Total Fat; (66% calories from fat);
21g Protein; 14g Carbohydrate; 96mg Cholesterol; 1086mg Sodium Food
Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 2 1/2 Lean Meat; 2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 4
1/2    Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates
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