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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Set a large pot of salted water on to boil, and prepare the desired amount of pasta. | 2. Meanwhile, peel and chop the onion and garlic. | 3. Peel and grate the carrot; grate the zucchini. | 4. Prepare the mushrooms and pepper if using. | 5. Put the meat in a very large skillet, with the oil if the meat is very lean, and fry, breaking it up into small bits, until browned. | 6. When it is half done, add the onion, and continue cooking until there is not any red left in the meat and the onion is translucent. | 7. Stir the garlic into the meat for a minute, then add the grated carrot and zucchini, and the pepper and mushrooms if using. Mix well. | 8. Continue cooking, stirring frequently for a few minutes until the vegetables are soft. Season with the salt, basil and oregano. | 9. Mix in the crushed tomatoes and the tomato paste. | 10. Reduce the heat and simmer until well amalgamated. | 11. Mix in the Tabasco sauce, and serve over hot pasta. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	1			44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
garlic	2	cloves		8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
vegetable oil	1	tablespoon		117.23200000000001	0.0	0.0	13.6
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
carrot	1			29.52	6.8976	0.6696	0.1728
zucchini	1			3.36	0.4976	0.4336	0.064
pepper	1			5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
button mushroom	2	cups	quartered	-	-	-	-
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
basil	1	teaspoon		0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
oregano	1	teaspoon		2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
tomato	4	cups	crushed	165.6	36.72	8.64	1.44
tomato paste	2	tablespoons		26.24	6.0512	1.3824	0.1504
tabasco sauce	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-

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