Italian Meat Sauce

Ingredients

• 29 ounce tomatoes diced with basil, garlic, and oregano chopped canned
• 3 pounds extra-lean ground beef 
• 1.5 teaspoons garlic minced
• 2 medium size bell peppers green chopped
• 2 teaspoons penzey's southwest seasoning dried italian
• 2 large onions chopped
• 52 ounce vegetable pasta sauce 
• 1.5 teaspoons pepper 
• 24 ounce no-salt-added tomato sauce canned

Equipment

• frying pan
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Cook ground beef and next 3 ingredients, in batches, in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring until meat crumbles and is no longer pink.
2. Drain well, and return to pan. Stir in pasta sauce and remaining ingredients.
3. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, 45 minutes. Uncover and simmer, stirring occasionally, 45 minutes or until sauce is thickened.
4. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Classico Traditional Favorites Garden Vegetable Primavera Pasta Sauce.