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Italian Veggie Spaghetti Sauce Recipe (Giveaway)

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My family loves pasta.

It’s something that I love to make because it’s so easy and versatile. I can make a light summer pasta salad or a rich, hearty pasta dinner, depending on what we’re in the mood for.

The family loves the variety of choices and delicious taste of all of our family favorite pasta dishes.

 

Italian Veggie Spaghetti Sauce

 

We’ve been trying to make our meals healthier when possible here lately. If I can make a few ingredient changes to lighten the recipe a little, I love to give it a try.

For our pasta, that’s really easy – we just use Dreamfields Pasta. Dreamfields is a a high-protein and high-fiber pasta that tastes just like traditional pasta, but is one I feel much better about serving to my family.

This is a delicious twist on an old favorite. The pumpkin and zucchini purées bring hints of wonderful flavor in the spaghetti sauce that are so interesting and wonderful. My friends and family love this recipe and always comment about the flavor.

 

Easy Recipe - Italian Veggie Spaghetti Sauce

 

ITALIAN VEGGIE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

1 box Dreamfields Spaghetti
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
1 large onion, diced
3 cups mushrooms, sliced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano, undrained
2 cans (8 ounces each) no-salt-added tomato sauce
1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
1 cup pumpkin purée
1 cup puréed zucchini
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt (optional)
Pepper
4 ounces fresh basil (optional)

Directions:

1. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in medium skillet over medium heat until hot. Add ground beef; cook 5 to 8 minutes or until beef is browned and cooked through, stirring occasionally and breaking into crumbles. Drain; set aside.

2. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in large saucepan over medium heat until hot. Add onion; cook 10 minutes or until translucent, stirring occasionally. Stir in mushrooms and bell pepper; cook about 5 minutes or until fork-tender. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, pumpkin, zucchini, sugar, ground beef, salt, and pepper, as desired; stir until combined. Reduce heat; simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

3. Cook pasta according to package directions. Place pasta in large bowl; set aside.

4. Top pasta with beef mixture. Garnish with fresh basil, if desired.
Makes 6 servings.

Nutrition information (1/6 of recipe): 480 calories; 27 g protein; 70 g carbohydrates; 12 g total fat; 3 g saturated fat; 45 mg cholesterol; 590 mg sodium; 10 g total dietary fiber.

 

Easy Italian Vegetable Spaghetti Sauce

 

Giveaway

One lucky A Helicopter Mom reader will win a box of awesome Dreamfields pasta and a $25 gift card!

To enter, use the Rafflecopter form below. Giveaway open to residents of the U.S., 18 years of age and older. Giveaway ends at 11:59pm on November 2, 2015. Winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to claim the prize before another winner may be chosen.

 

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Comments

  9. I would like to use the dreamfield pasta in a vegetarian lasagna; have not made lasagna in ages.

  14. I’d love to use Dreamfields Pasta when I make Spaghetti and Meatballs…one of my family’s favorite meals.
    Thank you!

  15. I would love to use Dreamfields in our cheesy spaghetti. Cream cheese, shredded cheddar and spinach. It’s delicious!

  16. I might make my son’s favorite birthday (December) dinner–Shrimp Spaghetti.  It is a lot like you Italian Veggie with the zucchini…only with marinated shrimp.

  35. I want to make spaghetti sauce with the Dream Field noodles. Thanks for the chance to enter.

  45. I would like to make the recipe for Chicken Piccata with Angel Hair made with Dreamfield’s Angel Hair Pasta first.

  73. My “kitchen sink” spaghetti sauce- made with ground beef, HOT Italian sausage, and whatever veggies I have available!

  82. My hubby’s favorite food is spaghetti so I would use the pasta to make him some spaghetti. Thank you!!

  89. I want to try that Veggie Loaded Goulash I found on here plus being Italian, I make various pasta dishes each week (lasagna, Italian spaghetti soup, chicken parmasean on linquini ext)

  94. I would make the Spaghetti Sauce featured here.  Pumpkin Purée added oh my sounds  intriguing.

  99. I would like to use it either for my crispy shrimp pasta I make or Spaghetti which is a household favorite.

  117. I’d love to make two lasagnas for the holidays  – one classic and one with veggies like butternut squash, spinach and bechemel sauce.

  127. I would love to pour our homemade sauce over the pasta and serve it with chicken parmesan.

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