EBD Recipe: By Design Spaghetti

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour or more

Ingredients

• 1 large or 2 medium spaghetti squashes
• 2 pounds grass fed ground beef
• 1 tablespoon raw butter or coconut oil
• 2 onions, minced
• 3 ribs celery, chopped
• 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup red wine, optional (use one that you would drink as cooking only intensifies the flavor)
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 2, 8 oz. packages of mushrooms, sliced finely
• 700ml jar of organic tomato sauce
• 4 medium fresh tomatoes, pureed
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• ½ cup curly parsley, chopped
• ½ cup fresh basil, chopped or 2 teaspoons dried basil
• Raw Parmesan cheese, grated (optional)

 Steps

1. Preheat your oven to 425ºF.
2. Cut the spaghetti squash in half. Remove the seeds with a spoon. Place the squash halves in a baking dish face down and bake for 45 minutes or until it's flesh is soft when you poke it with your finger.
3. Meanwhile in a large pot (soup pot) cook the ground beef over medium heat.
4. In a separate pan melt the butter or coconut oil over low heat.
5. Add the onions and celery. Cook and stir until the onions become translucent.
6. Add the garlic and cook for one minute.
7. Add the red wine and let it cook until the wine reduces to half of its original volume.
8. Add the peppers and cook for 4 more minutes. Add the veggies to the soup pot with the beef.
9. Add the mushrooms, tomato sauce, fresh pureed tomatoes and dried herbs. 
10. Bring the sauce to a simmer and reduce the heat allowing it to cook, uncovered, for at least an hour or more.
11. Add fresh herbs when the sauce is cooked but still hot.
12. Serve the sauce over top of the squash and top with grated parmesan cheese.

Slow Cooker Instructions: Add the beef to the slow cooker after step #2. Add the cooked veggies and all remaining ingredients (except fresh herbs) to the slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours or more. Add fresh herbs after cooking, but while the sauce is still hot.

Serves 6

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