Toot Your Own Horn Meat Sauce

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1/2 lbs extra lean ground beef
• 3 (14 ounce) cans no-salt-added diced tomatoes
• 1 (14 ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 2 bay leaves

Recipe

• 1 cook the onion and garlic in olive oil in a dutch oven over medium-high heat until the onion and garlic are beginning to turn golden.
• 2 add the meat to the onions and garlic and brown.
• 3 add the remaining ingredients.
• 4 bring the mixture to a boil; reduce heat to medium, and cook uncovered for 20 minutes or until most of the excess liquid evaporates, stirring occasionally.
• 5 remove and discard the bay leaves before serving.