This slow simmered tomato meat sauce is thick and hearty - comfort food at it's finest. Best of all, it is low carb and whole30 compliant. Skip the unnecessary additives in store-bought sauces and make your own | Peace Love and Low Carb
This warm and comforting hearty tomato meat sauce is simple to make, but deliciously rustic. Let is slow simmer on the stove and fill your house with the inviting aroma of a home cooked meal. You will never want to eat store-bought sauce again. This recipe is incredibly versatile - mix and match any of your favorite ground meats, vegetables and herbs.
Substitutions and Swaps
- Add some heavy creamy to make this a creamy bolognese sauce
- Amp up the nutrient density and add some sautéed vegetables - carrots, celery, onions, mushrooms etc.
- Sub 2 tablespoons dried minced onion if you don't have any fresh onions
- Use fresh herbs in place of dried herbs. A good rule of thumb for substituting dry herbs with fresh herbs is that you will use 3 times as many fresh herbs. For example, 1 teaspoon of dried oregano would be equal to 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh oregano.
- Use any combination of meat you prefer - ground beef, lamb, veal, turkey, or even ground chicken
- Add some fresh grated parmigian0-reggiano
- Skip the meat altogether and make a marinara sauce
Ways to enjoy with Whole30 meat sauce recipe
- Serve it over top of roasted spaghetti squash or zucchini noodles
- Serve it with shirataki fettuccine noodles
- Use it to make this "Just Like the Real Thing" Lasagna recipe
- Use it as a filling to make keto hot pockets
- Serve it as a dipping sauce with these Cream Cheese Stuffed Everything Bagel Bites
- Eat it on a low carb bun - sloppy joe style
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Hearty Tomato Meat Sauce – Low Carb, Gluten Free
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: Makes 25 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- ⅓ cup onion, diced
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 28 ounce can whole peeled tomatoes, with liquid
- 6 ounce can tomato paste
- 6 ounces cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a large sauce pan over medium-high heat, brown the 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
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
Toni H says
Can this meat sauce be frozen or made ahead?
Kyndra Holley says
Yes to both
Liz says
It’s a good recipe but would be even better you used metric as well as imperial measures. I Everywhere else’s uses metric so are your recipes meant only for Americans? They are great recipes so thank you for them but just a little frustrating!
Londa says
Hi Kyndra, I'm looking forward to making this! Question. Does this recipe yield enough to stuff 8 peppers for your keto stuffed lasagna peppers?
Thanks
Kyndra Holley says
Yes, it makes a large batch and will work for that recipe just great.
wendy says
Fantastic beef to use in so many different recipes. Love it
Joanne says
This sauce is quick, easy, and so delicious! The only sauce I make now!
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!
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!
DJ says
Best Meat Sauce EVAH!!!