Easy Kickin' Pasta~

~ Easy  Kickin’ Southwestern Pasta~

The slow heat in this pasta sauce is delicious and smooth.. just enough warmth to make you put away couple of glasses of ice tea while you are eating it, but not so hot that your tongue is numb. The balance between the Southwestern flavors and typical Italian seasonings is wonderful and simple.

Sauce

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1/2 pound Ground Beef

1/2 pound ground Pork Sausage

1/2 med onion, finely chopped

1-2 cloves Garlic to taste, Minced

1 (6 Ounce) Tomato Paste

1 teaspoon Dried Parsley

1 teaspoon Dried Basil

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 Tablespoon olive oil ( or to taste )

1- 10 oz can of southwestern style diced tomatoes with green chili’s

1- 20’ish oz jar of prepared spaghetti sauce

3/4 c water * optional

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In a very large pan, fry up your ground beef, ground pork and onion. Drain the fat.

 In the same pan stir in olive oil, the canned diced tomatoes, the garlic, tomato paste, dried parsley, dried basil, and salt.

This is where you may choose to add water so this mix can simmer for about 5 minz… just long enough to get the flavors sharing.

 Then dump in the entire jar of prepared spaghetti sauce, I used Classico brand Italian Sausage. I love that brand because it’s simple like me, and I love the mason jar it comes in, adds to my hillbilly wine glass collection.. hahaha..

 So anyway, back to the sauce… let your sauce softly simmer while you are making your pasta; It’s a heavier sauce so I chose a rigatoni. Generously spoon this over your cooked pasta,  

   and serve~

 I love how the sauce gets all up inside the pasta. Serve it up with your fave bread and plenty of whatever you drink and call it dinner!

 YUUUM!!

 This is a very simple sauce recipe that is easily tailored to your taste. You may choose to add more or less of an ingredient to make this your own!