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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat large, deep sided pan on medium to medium high heat. | 2. Coat bottom of pan with a couple tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. | 3. Heat a large pot of water on high until boiling for the pasta. | 4. Once the oil starts to ripple but before it starts smoking, dump in the onions, mushrooms and red pepper flakes. Stir the pan occasionally. | 5. Once the onions start to soften and the mushrooms brown (about 5-7 minutes), season with salt and stir the pan. | 6. Now add the bell pepper and zucchini and stir the pan occasionally. | 7. Once the pepper and zucchini begin to soften, add in the garlic and season again with salt continuing to stir the pan occasionally. | 8. At this point, the pot of water should be boiling. Season the water liberally with salt and add the pasta. Cook to al dente. | 9. Once the garlic is very fragrant, stir in the ground beef and break it up into little pieces. | 10. Continue to cook until meat is browned all the way through. | 11. Stir in the marinara sauce. It will be pretty thick, so add in about 1/2 cup of pasta water to thin. | 12. Bring sauce to a boil, then cover, reduce heat and let simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. | 13. Drain the pasta and put in bowls. | 14. Once the sauce is done, pour over the pasta and then add some parmigiano cheese if you'd like! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
red onion	1/2		diced	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	4		minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
bell pepper	1		diced	29.8	6.9136	1.2814	0.2533
cremini mushroom	4	ounces	chopped	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
zucchini	1		chopped	33.32	6.0956	2.3716	0.6272
red pepper flake	1/4	teaspoon	crushed	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
rao marinara sauce	12	ounces		100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
pasta	1			19.5611	2.8349	0.4366	0.6549
salt pepper				100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
parmigiano				100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.