Meat-Less Spaghetti

My picky-picky married adult man is a "meat too potatoes" homo through too through. If a repast doesn't center around meat.....well, he doesn't telephone telephone it a existent meal.

That's why I came upward amongst this "Meat-less Spaghetti" (for myself) to counter hubby's "steak night". It is full COMFORT FOOD !!!

1/4 loving cup olive oil

1 medium sweetness onion (chopped)

(2) 14.5 ounce cans diced tomatoes (Italian style)

1/2 teaspoon garlic pulverization (not garlic salt)

pinch of cayenne pepper (see authorities annotation below)

1/2 teaspoon kosher common salt (see authorities annotation below)

2 teaspoons dry out basil leaves

2 teaspoons sugar

1/4 teaspoon dark pepper

8 ounces push mushrooms

12 ounces spaghetti noodles

Saute chopped onion inwards the olive crude until they expect form of transparent too odor "sweet-ish". Put cooked onions (don't drain) inwards a large Crockpot (I intend mine is a seven quart size?). Add the diced Italian mode tomatoes, garlic powder, cayenne, basil, kosher salt, dark pepper too sugar; mix well. Cook on high for almost iii hours.

After iii hours, build clean the mushrooms too receive got the stems off. Chop the stems inwards the nutrient processor too acre the mushroom caps (nice too thick), too hence pose them inwards the sauce to laid for almost thirty minutes.

While the mushrooms are cooking, boil the spaghetti noodles (in salted water) until they are HALF WAY DONE (important).

Strain the noodles and turn the Crockpot downwards to LOW. Add the noodles to the sauce too hold cooking for almost thirty minutes. Stir too serve.

I similar mine amongst Parmesan!!

ENJOY !!!

NOTE: Remember, kosher common salt measures differently than tabular array common salt because the tiny grains (in tabular array salt) pack together much closer. The mensuration inwards this recipe is for kosher salt. If yous alone receive got tabular array salt......use less.

NOTE: Cayenne pepper is pretty spicy. I receive got measuring spoons that larn downwards to 1/16th of a teaspoon, hence that's what I use......it is basically a "pinch" of cayenne. You can substitute 1/4 teaspoon ruby-red pepper flakes for the cayenne.

NOTE: Make certain yous alone boil the spaghetti noodles one-half way. This is an of import stair since they alternative upward a ton of flavour from the sauce every bit they laid the residuum of the means inwards the Crockpot.

NOTE: You volition receive got to cutting this recipe inwards one-half if yous alone receive got a small-scale Crockpot.