Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb ground beef, browned and drained
• 1 lb sweet italian sausage, browned and drained
• 1 tablespoon instant minced onion
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 -2 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 3 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 3 cups vegetable juice cocktail (like v-8)
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 in large dutch oven brown meats, drain off fat. add seasonings and corn starch, tomato sauce, tomato paste and v-8 juice to browned ground meats. simmer on medium low heat for 30 minutes.
• 2 serve over cooked pasta. can be used as sauce for lasagna.
• 3 note: for those on reduced sodium diets, replace salt with salt substitute or mrs dash garlic & herb seasoning mix; replace sauces and juice with available low sodium products. splenda sugar substitute may be used in place of sugar.