Pasta with Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

- 1 lb medium lean ground beef or pork

- 1 can diced tomato (or 6 peeled tomatoes or 14oz tomato paste combined with 14oz water)

- 7-8 mushrooms, sliced

- 1 onion, finely diced

- 4 cloves garlic, minced

- 4 tbsp olive oil

- 3 tbsp red wine (or cooking wine)

- 4 tbsp oregano

- 1 tsp terragon

- 1 bay leaf

- 6 cups gluten-free pasta

- 1 tsp salt

- Parsley flakes to garnish

Preparation:

- Marinate ground beef (or pork) with 3 tbsp oregano, 1tbsp olive oil, and 1tsp salt.

- Drain juice from canned diced tomatoes. If using fresh tomatoes, dip them in boiling water, cool, and then peel off the skin.

- In a large skillet, heat 2 tbsp olive oil on high heat. Add beef and saute until the meat changes color. Take beef out and set aside.

- In the same skillet, heat 1tbsp olive oil on medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion softens. Add tomatoes (or tomato paste diluted with water), red wine, 1tbsp oregano, terragon, bay leaf, and 1tsp salt. Simmer for 20 minutes.

- Add mushrooms and beef to the skillet and simmer for another 5 minutes.

- Take bay leaf out and serve.