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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat olive oil over medium heat and add beef. | 2. Cook the meat until browned, then transfer to a slow cooker. | 3. Return the pan to the heat and add onion, celery and pepper. | 4. Cook, stirring, 10 minutes, then stir in the red wine to deglaze the pan. | 5. Transfer the mixture to the slow cooker and add water, crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, baby food, garlic, bay leaf, fennel seed, oregano, thyme, basil and parsley. | 6. Set the cooker on LOW, cover and cook 8 hours. Remove bay leaf. | 7. Season with salt and pepper to taste before serving. | 8. This can be prepared and stored in the fridge for up to 3 days, or frozen up to 6 months. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
extra beef	1	lb	ground lean	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
celery	2	stalks	minced	20.48	3.8016	0.8832	0.2176
red bell pepper	1/2		minced	23.095	4.4924	0.7375	0.2235
red wine	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato	28	ounces	crushed	82.8	18.36	4.32	0.72
tomato	2	cups	diced drained canned	82.8	18.36	4.32	0.72
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
squash baby food carrot	1	jar		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
fennel seed	1/2	teaspoon		3.45	0.5229	0.158	0.1487
oregano	1	teaspoon		2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
thyme	1/2	teaspoon		0.40399999999999997	0.0978	0.0222	0.0067
basil	1/2	teaspoon	dried	0.1016	0.0117	0.0139	0.0028
parsley	1	teaspoon	dried	0.45	0.0791	0.0371	0.0099

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