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Veggie-Packed Sausage Spaghetti Sauce

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PREP TIME
30 min
COOKING TIME
200 min
TOTAL TIME
230 min
SERVINGS
10 servings
Veggie-Packed Sausage Spaghetti Sauce
Ingredients
  • 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 12 ounces mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 carrots, shredded
  • 1 green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 zucchini, quartered and sliced
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
  • 4 ounces fresh basil, julienned
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 tablespoon fresh oregano
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3 (28 ounce) cans peeled and diced tomatoes
Instructions
1
Cook the sausage and ground beef in a medium-sized cooking vessel over an intermediate heat setting until they are nicely browned and have a crumbly texture, taking anywhere from 7 to 10 minutes. Remove the mixture.
2
Heat a generous amount of oil in a large cooking container or casserole dish over an intermediate heat setting. Add the chopped onion and cook until it becomes transparent, approximately 5 minutes. Introduce the sliced mushrooms, carrots, bell peppers, and zucchini into the pot; cook until they are just tender enough to be easily pierced with a fork, taking around 3 to 5 minutes.
3
Add the cooked sausage and beef mixture to the pot, then stir in the fresh spinach leaves, fragrant basil, minced garlic, dried thyme, and oregano. Cook for 2 to 5 minutes, then pour in the canned tomatoes and blend everything together. Decrease the heat setting, cover the pot, and let it simmer occasionally for 3 hours.