Meat-Less Spaghetti

My picky-picky hubby is a "meat too potatoes" human being through too through. If a repast doesn't center around meat.....well, he doesn't telephone band it a existent meal. 

That's why I came upwards alongside 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 pulverisation (not garlic salt)

pinch of cayenne pepper  (see banker's complaint below)

1/2 teaspoon kosher tabular array salt (see banker's complaint 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 oil until they expect kind of transparent too odour "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 virtually three hours.

After three hours, build clean the mushrooms too accept the stems off. Chop the stems inwards the nutrient processor too field the mushroom caps (nice too thick), too therefore seat them inwards the sauce to fix for virtually xxx 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 piece of occupation out along cooking for virtually xxx minutes. Stir too serve.

I similar mine alongside Parmesan!!

ENJOY !!!

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

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

NOTE: Make certain y'all alone boil the spaghetti noodles one-half way. This is an of import stair since they selection upwards a ton of season from the sauce equally they fix the residuum of the agency inwards the Crockpot.

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