Zucchini Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
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Ingredients
  • 2 zucchini, spiraled
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound ground turkey or beef
  • 1 brown onion, diced
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon Italian Seasonings
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 2 14-oz cans tomato sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 1 14-oz can pitted black olives
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
  1. Heat olive oil in a pan over medium high heat.
  2. Brown onions until softened.
  3. Add ground meat and brown with onions, breaking meat up into pieces with your spatula.
  4. Add garlic powder, Italian Seasonings, salt and pepper and combine with meat mixture.
  5. Once meat is fully cooked, add tomato sauce and red pepper flakes. Stir to combine
  6. and simmer several minutes until heated.
  7. Add black olives, simmering until heated through.
  8. Add zucchini to plates and top with meat sauce and Parmesan cheese.Serve immediately with a nice, crusty garlic bread.
Notes
Add extra seasonings to suit your tastes. You can also use ripe young green olives as we used in the above photograph. These are harder to find. They are not the same as the green olives found in martinis and the taste quite delicious and buttery, similar to black olives.
Recipe by Lifestyle Dynamics at https://lifestyledynamics.com/zucchini-spaghetti-with-meat-sauce/