Reduced Fat Meat Sauce for a Crockpot


Course : Turkey
Serves: 4 - 6
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Ingredients:


1 pound ground turkey

1 medium onion -- chopped

1 medium red or green pepper -- seeded and chopped

1 small fennel bulb {tops removed} -- bulb sliced and diced

3 cloves garlic -- pressed, up to 4

28 ounces whole tomatoes

32 ounces tomato puree

2 tablespoons parsley or

1/4 cup fresh parsley -- chopped

1 tablespoon dried oregano

2 teaspoons dried basil

1 teaspoon salt and pepper -- to taste
 

Preparation / Directions:


Brown turkey in frying pan, pour off fat. Place in crockpot. Saute onion, pepper and fennel until soft, add garlic and saute for 1 more minute. Add to crockpot. Squeeze canned tomatoes into crockpot, add tomato puree. Add herbs and seasonings. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours, serve over pasta. NOTE: you may want to add more puree or sauce to the crockpot until a consistency you like is achieved. This is my own recipe, hope you like it!


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