What to Make for Dinner: Chunky Meat Sauce and Pasta

What is everyone doing today?  It's raining and boring here.  Perfect day for some comfort food.  The following recipe is a favorite at our house (it is known as Cyndi Spaghetti).  The beauty of it is that it can be made quick for a weekend night dinner, or it can be simmered for awhile to make the kitchen smell wonderful, and it makes a great Sunday afternoon dinner.  I promise it is totally easy to make.

What you Need:

1 lb of lean ground beef (I use 93% to 95%)
1/2 cup of diced white onion
2 cloves of garlic, minced (I used 3 - but we really love garlic)
2 (15 oz) cans of diced tomatoes (with juice)
1 (15oz) can of tomato sauce
1 (15 oz) jar of whole mushrooms, quartered
1/2 Tablespoon of Italian seasoning
1 lb of pasta, cooked

Yep, the lighting in my kitchen totally sucks

Here's How to Do It:

Start by browning your ground beef and cooking your onions together in a large skillet.

Once they are browned, you will add your tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, garlic, and seasonings.

Stir those in and then add your mushrooms.

Bring this to a boil (start the water for your pasta).  Once this boils, bring the heat down to a level where this will simmer and put a lid on your pan.  This can simmer now until your pasta is ready.

Other Possible Add-Ins:

I always thought that green pepper would go great in this sauce, thoughts?

What goes great with it:

Simply garden salad, french bread and butter.

I would love to hear how you like it, please leave me a note below if you try it!  Thanks!

~Cyn