This sauce is so flavorful and easy to make that you will never want to eat store bought sauce again. It is also very versatile. You can use ground turkey, chicken, pork… Any kind of meat you prefer. You can also throw in any of your favorite fresh vegetables. Since I made it the first time, I have yet to make it exactly the same way twice. Every version of it has been simply delicious.
Check out some of my favorite low carb sauce recipes:
- Low Carb Keto Alfredo Sauce
- Three Cheese Garlic Marinara
- Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce
- Low Carb Pizza Sauce
- Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce
- 26 Low Carb Pasta Substitutions
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Hearty Tomato Meat Sauce – Low Carb, Gluten Free
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: Makes 25 Servings 1x
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1/3 cup onion, diced
- 2 tbsp garlic, minced
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 28 oz can whole peeled tomatoes, with liquid
- 6 oz. can tomato paste
- 6 oz cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- ½ tsp dried bay leaf
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a large non-stick sauce pan over medium-high heat, brown ground beef with onion, garlic and sea salt. Drain excess grease.
- To the sauce pan, add tomatoes. Mash the tomatoes into meat until they are crushed and broken up.
- To the sauce, mix in tomato paste, mushrooms, oregano, basil, parsley, bay leaf, garlic powder, onion powder, sea salt, and red pepper flakes.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered – 30 minutes.
Notes
Per Serving – Calories: 48 | Fat: 1.5g | Protein: 6g | Net Carbs: 3g
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 Cup
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Nichole says
Thanks for sharing! I’m totally going to order that slicer!
Katrina H says
Thanks for reviewing this item. I’ve been looking at similar slicers for a few weeks now and am on the fence about getting one. Do you know how big the opening is for this one? Will a full size summer squash from the garden fit? Also, does it slice the entire vegetable or is their a bit left when you get close to the end?
Thanks!
Kyndra Holley says
Katrina, It fits a pretty decent sized summer squash. However, you could always slice it in half lengthwise if necessary. There will be a little bit of the end left but there is not much to waste.
Michele Heitz says
Just ordered the slicer! I’m so excited! I think it’s going to get me to eat my veggies more! 🙂 Yay! Thanks!
JoBlue says
Oooh, sadly, they don’t ship to Canada…
Carolynn says
I got mine on sale at Canadian tire, $20 and lovvvvve it!
Amanda Cantrell says
Plan to order my slicer tonight!
Carla says
I’ve been struggling with becoming low carb and dealing with my pasta fetish. This should do the trick. Thank you!!!!
MaJudy says
Can you freeze the spiraled vegetables ?
Julie says
Just taking a moment to say … this is the best meat sauce I have ever made! Usually the list of ingredients is a deal-breaker (I go for simplicity), but in this case they’re mostly spices. Paired with your lasagna stuffed peppers recipe and WOW … What a winner!!! Thanks, Kendra!
Julie says
I have a couple of questions, Kendra. You say you’ve made this sauce using various vegetables. Do you think adding Summer squash to the sauce would work? Would I need to peal it, steam it, then mash it down? Also, I’d like to make this sauce without the meat, freeze it, then add whatever meat I have on hand, as I use the sauce. Any thoughts on whether this would be alright?
Jayme says
Kyndra,
Thank you so much for this recipe. A couple of weeks ago I made your lasagna Stuffed Peppers. Oh my gosh, they were so yummy. I loved the sauce so much that although I had already pinned the Lasagna Stuffed peppers, I pinned the meat sauce separately to have easy access to the recipe. I am making again tonight and will be having it over zoodles. I appreciate all you do.
Jayme
DJ says
Best Meat Sauce EVAH!!!
Laura says
Honestly, I wasn’t expecting anything amazing given the simplicity of the recipe, but this sauce is SO good. I added an extra 8oz can tomato sauce since mine seemed a *tad* bit on the dry side. I’m glad I did because I don’t think I would have enough sauce for your eggplant lasagna otherwise! But even with the added sauce, the flavor was on point. Thank you, thank you for a wonderful and super simple sauce!
Heidi says
How is this 3 net grams of carbs per serving is the paste has 25 net grams and the sauce has 24 net grams? That’s nearly 50 net grams of carbs in the recipe before onions. Do the net carbs go down after cooking?
Kyndra Holley says
Hi Heidi — this recipe makes 25 servings, each serving is 1/4 cup. I hope that helps!