Spaghetti with Tomato-Meat Sauce

My positive for yesterday: I made spaghetti and it was good!

I made this recipe from WW last night for dinner. It was super easy and really good! I did go over on my points by 2 (so, I used part of my allowance points for the week) to add low fat cheese to my spaghetti. It turned out really good and it was only 5 points!


Spaghetti with Tomato-Meat Sauce
POINTS® Value: 5
Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 20 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

2 tsp olive oil
1 large onion(s), chopped
1 medium carrot(s), finely chopped
3 medium garlic clove(s), minced
1 pound(s) uncooked lean ground beef (with 7% fat)
28 oz canned crushed tomatoes, in tomato puree
1/4 tsp table salt
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes, crushed
1/4 tsp dried basil
3 cup(s) cooked whole-wheat spaghetti, kept hot

Instructions
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, until onion is translucent, about 6 minutes.

Add ground beef to skillet. Cook, breaking up clumps with a wooden spoon, until browned, about 4 minutes.

Stir in tomatoes and tomato puree, salt, red pepper flakes and basil; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes for flavors to blend and for sauce to thicken slightly; spoon sauce over spaghetti. Yields about 1/2 cup of spaghetti and 2/3 cup of sauce per serving.