Main Dish Recipes - Slimmed-Down Pasta Sauce

Ingredients     

• 1 24-oz. can tomato juice

• 1 6-oz. can tomato paste

• 1/2 cup grated carrot

• 2 large cloves garlic, mashed

• 1 tsp. oregano leaves, crushed

• 1 tsp. onion salt

• 1 medium bay leaf

• Dash pepper

Makes 4 2/3 cups sauce

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Method:

1. To make basic sauce, combine all ingredients in saucepan.

2. Simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaf.

Ground Beef: In saucepan brown 1/2 lb. lean ground beef (10% fat); add basic sauce ingredients and proceed as  directed.

Mushroom: Add 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms, or a 4-oz. can sliced mushrooms (with liquid) to basic sauce ingredients; proceed as directed.