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WHOLE GRAIN ROTINE PASTA WITH GROUND BEEF AND TOMATO SAUCE
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WHOLE GRAIN ROTINE PASTA WITH GROUND BEEF AND TOMATO SAUCE

Keyword #Glutenfree, #Sugarfree, Low Glycemic Index

Ingredients

  • 1 box of Whole Wheat Rotine Pasta
  • 1 pound of Ground Beef
  • 3 tomatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 bay Leaf
  • 3-4 tbsp of tomato paste (no sugar)
  • oregano and Basil to taste
  • salt and black pepper
  • olive oil for cooking

Instructions

Cooking beef:

  • Put a pan on medium heat and add olive Oil
  • Cut 1/2 onion into tiny cubes and add to the pan
  • Put beef in the pan, cook stirring for 8-10 minutes
  • Add salt, black pepper, and tomatopaste into the fully cooked beef
  • Reduce heat to low. Add water to the beef so it can keepits juiciness

Cooking Tomato Sauce:

  • Cut the other half of the onion into tiny cubes
  • In a saucepan over medium heat, add olive Oil
  • Once Oil is hot, add the diced onion into the saucepanand stir until the onion is soft and golden
  • Mince 2 garlic cloves, place in the saucepan, and stir for 1minute
  • Dice 1/2 tomato and add to saucepan
  • Puree 2 1/2 tomatoes, place in the saucepan, and stir
  • Chop and mince oregano and Basil, then addto the saucepan and stir
  • Add tomato paste into the sauce, and stir
  • Then add salt and black pepper
  • Add 1 bay leaf to the sauce and reduce to low heat, andstir again

Cooking Pasta:

  • While beef and sauce are cooking on low heat, boil salty water
  • Once water is boiling, add rotine pasta; cook according tothe instructions on the box, add salt to taste

Final steps:

  • When the pasta is done, strain it, and turn off the heat for sauce,pasta, and beef
  • Combine all three and enjoy!