Recipe(tried): Lasagna Sauce - Hi Toni, here's how I make mine...hope you like it, too!

Lasagna Sauce

1 large (1.8 litre) jar of Prego pasta sauce, from Costco
1 lb lean ground beef
2 onions, small dice
several cloves of garlic, minced
mixed Italian herbs, to taste
1 (28-oz) tin diced tomatoes
1/2 medium zucchini, coarsely grated
2 small, or 1 medium carrot, coarsely grated
a cup of wine, preferably red, but usually I have white, so that's what I use
dried red chiles, to taste

Brown the beef, over medium-high heat,take off excess fat. Add in the onions, to soften, and then the garlic. Sprinkle and crush mixed Italian herbs, give a good stir, and add in dried red chiles. Stir again.

Put in the tomatoes, Prego, and wine. While it is coming up to a boil, grate the zucchini and carrot, and add in. Give a big stir, reduce the heat to simmer, and leave it simmering for a while...1/2 an hour is ok, a couple of hours, stirring once in a while, is even better.

I usually cook it for the whole day, in a slow cooker...dinner is ready when we want to eat, just boil the pasta, and make a nice green salad.

Sometimes, if I have them, I add Italian sausage (remove the casings) in with the ground beef.

If you like, you can finely dice, instead of grate, the carrots and zucchini.

Toni, nothing here is written in stone; you can adjust it to your family's liking.

Here's hoping my version measures up to your expectations...as you can see, it makes a big pot of sauce, enuf for several meals, depending on the size of the crew you are feeding. It also freezes well.

Bueno appetito!

Carolyn!