5-10 Servings?? DINNER

Best EVER Marinara sauce


Saute 1 tsp olive or grapeseed oil & add the following:
3 cloves of garlic pressed (when you press you don't lose the juice...do not use garlic salt)
1 1/2 onions finely chopped
1 green, 1 red, 1 orange pepper finely chopped
12 button mushrooms, sliced
Add to the pan:
1 can diced roma tomatoes (no salt added)
1 can of tomato soup (this helps coat the noodles and makes them nice and slippery)
2 tbsp of each: dried parsley
                       dried oregano
                       dried basil
1 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
1 1/2 tsp seasoning salt (more if needed)
4 splashes of hot sauce (I prefer mexican habanero)
1/2 cup of red wine (I freeze 1/2 cup portions and keep them in the freezer when we have a bottle that we don't finish)
Let this simmer for at least 10 minutes to let the flavors blend. Add 2 cups of chopped fresh spinach and let simmer for 10 more minutes. 


 While the sauce simmers, use this time to clean up your kitchen and cook your whole wheat pasta!  I never like to clean up after I've eaten, so I do it before.
 You can also add lean ground beef or meat balls to this sauce. Sometimes I brown beef and drain the fat and then add a pkg of ground turkey (if you do this add another can of diiced tomatoes and double the seasonings)and it will actually pick up the flavor of the beef, this makes a huge batch and then I freeze it.This is a go to recipe that I when my husband or I start to feel like we are getting sick, and then I use 4 pressed cloves of garlic. :)