Megan's Quick and Delicious Pasta Sauce

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Quick and Delicious Pasta Sauce

Quick and delicious pasta sauce on it's way!
Pasta Sauce and Brussels Sprouts
  • 1-2 T coconut oil
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
  • 2 fresh sausages (or ground meat)
  • 1, 14-oz can fire roasted crushed tomatoes
  • ½ pint sugar plum tomatoes from TJ’s chopped in half
  • ½-1 cup frozen spinach
  • 1 yellow bell pepper roughly chopped
  • ½ pint chicken broth
  1. Sauté onions & garlic in pan with coconut oil.
  2. Add sausage/meat and sauté. Set aside meat for later.
  3. Add fresh and canned tomatoes and spinach.
  4. Add chicken broth if too thick.
  5. Simmer at low heat for awhile (20-30 min.)
  6. About 5 min before you’re ready to eat, add bell pepper. Return meat to pan.
  7. Simmer another 5 min or so.
  8. Serve over quinoa pasta (or your favorite kind).


Pan Seared Brussels Sprout

  • 1-2T coconut oil
  • 30-40 fresh Brussels sprouts (on the stalk if possible) cut in half
  • ½ yellow onion diced
  1. Warm up cast iron pan.
  2. Add coconut oil.
  3. Sauté onion a 2 min.
  4. Add Brussels sprouts.
  5. Cook at med-high heat to sear flat sides. Stir as needed to brown but not burn.
  6. Lower heat, cover with lid, add a little chicken stock to help steam sprouts.
  7. Test with fork, and serve al dente.


Made by Megan 10-14-12