Meat-Less Spaghetti

My picky-picky married adult man is a "meat in addition to potatoes" human through in addition to 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 sugariness onion (chopped)

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

1/2 teaspoon garlic pulverisation (not garlic salt)

pinch of cayenne pepper  (see Federal Reserve notation below)

1/2 teaspoon kosher tabular array salt (see Federal Reserve notation below)

2 teaspoons dry out basil leaves

2 teaspoons sugar

1/4 teaspoon dark pepper

8 ounces push clit mushrooms

12 ounces spaghetti noodles

Saute chopped onion inwards the olive stone oil until they hold off variety of transparent in addition to 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 in addition to sugar; mix well. Cook on high for well-nigh iii hours.

After iii hours, build clean the mushrooms in addition to accept the stems off. Chop the stems inwards the nutrient processor in addition to acre the mushroom caps (nice in addition to thick), in addition to then set them inwards the sauce to gear upward for well-nigh 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 downwardly to LOW. Add the noodles to the sauce in addition to maintain cooking for well-nigh thirty minutes. Stir in addition to serve.

I similar mine amongst 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 measuring inwards this recipe is for kosher salt. If you lot exclusively receive got tabular array salt......use less.

NOTE: Cayenne pepper is pretty spicy. I receive got measuring spoons that larn downwardly to 1/16th of a teaspoon, thus 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 you lot exclusively boil the spaghetti noodles one-half way. This is an of import stair since they choice upward a ton of season from the sauce equally they gear upward the residual of the agency inwards the Crockpot.

NOTE: You volition receive got to cutting this recipe inwards one-half if you lot exclusively receive got a pocket-size Crockpot.