Spaghetti Bolognese

Ingredients

• ground beef - 1 lb (if cooking extra ground beef to store for dinner later in the week like Weekly Meal Plan use 4-5 lbs.)
• onion, white or yellow - 1, minced
• crushed tomatoes - 1 28oz. can
• spaghetti pasta - 1 lb
• fresh Italian parsley -1 bundle, chopped
• Parmesan cheese - 4 oz.
Staples
• olive oil- 3 tbspns
• salt
• crushed red pepper (optional)

Instructions

Sauce:
1. Brown ground beef in olive oil over medium-high heat while seasoning with salt to taste and crushed red pepper (optional)
2. Add onion and sauté with ground beef until tender, approximately 3 minutes
3. If you're cooking more ground beef to store for dinner later in the week like Weekly Meal Plan, once beef is brown, scoop out extra cooked beef and store in refrigerator
4. Add crushed tomatoes and parsley to cooked beef in the skillet and bring to boil
5. Once boiling, reduce heat and let simmer for at least 5 minutes
Pasta:
6. Cook spaghetti in salted boiling water until tender
7. Drain pasta reserving some (about ½ cup) of the cooking water in pan; return pasta to warm pan and water; toss
8. Serve sauce over pasta or tossed in pasta
9. Garnish with Parmesan cheese