I’m so excited to share this healthy and delicious sauce with you! This tomato meat sauce is packed with flavor, veggies, fresh herbs and is much more nutritious than my usual sausage, ground beef and red wine sauce. I used more carrots and substituted, the sausage and ground beef for turkey which is a leaner option.

You would think the changes would affect the taste in a not-so pleasant way, but on the contrary with the addition of fresh herbs and veggies a whole other dimension was added to this common sauce and I loved it! SO did the Fam, they said nothing about the carrots poking up out the sauce here and there, they enjoyed every bite of veggie, meat, tomatoes and fresh herbs.

This sauce is pretty simple so here we go!

3 small organic carrots

1 celery stalk

1 half onion finely chopped

1 clove garlic pressed

1 lb ground turkey

1 teaspoon ground sage

Bunch of fresh parsley chopped

4-5 basil leaves chopped

6 oz can tomato paste

28 oz crushed tomatoes

1 teaspoon chicken base

1 cup water

Finely chop, onion, celery, and carrots.

Heat olive oil in pan.

Add celery and carrot cook for about 3 minutes tossing in between.

When carrots start to brown add onion and garlic.

Break up ground turkey and add to hot pan.

Add herbs and spices.

Mix everything together and cook until turkey is no longer pink.

Make a well in the middle of meat and add can of tomato paste let the paste cook a bit and mix everything together.

Add the can of crushed tomatoes.

Let simmer for about 5 minutes.

Now add chicken base and cup of water.

Put top on pan turn heat to low and let simmer for 10 more minutes.

Serve over top of spaghetti or baked potato for all my wheat –free peoples!

Simple and delicious!