Description

Make your spaghetti healthier, tastier and go further by adding some fresh veggies to the sauce. If your kids pick out even small diced veggies, grate them with a hand grater and they will never know that they are eating healthy!

Ingredients

• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• 1/4 t. red pepper flakes, or to taste
• 1/2 T. Italian seasoning
• 3/4 t. salt
• 1/4 t. freshly ground black pepper
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1/2 onion, rough-chopped or grated
• 1-2 carrots, scubbed, peeled and diced, or grated
• 1 stalk celery, scrubbed and diced, or grated
• 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 T. olive oil
• 10 oz. spaghetti
• Parmesan cheese, for serving

Steps

1. Pasta:
2. Bring a saucepan of salted water to boil; add pasta. Cook until al dente, according to package directions, tender but not soggy. Drain.
3. Ground beef: