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This easy slow cooker ground beef and pasta recipe makes a great meal any night of the week.

Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • In a large nonstick skillet cook ground beef, onion and garlic over medium heat until meat browns and onion is tender. Drain off fat and discard.

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  • In a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker combine beef mixture, tomatoes, tomato paste, anchovies, oregano and crushed red pepper. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 4 to 6 hours or on high-heat setting for 2 to 3 hours. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain.

  • Before serving, stir olives and 1/4 cup parsley into slow cooker. Serve beef mixture over hot cooked pasta. If desired, garnish with additional snipped fresh parsley.

Tips

Tip: For easy cleanup, line your slow cooker with a disposable slow cooker liner. Add ingredients as directed in recipe. Once your dish is finished cooking, spoon the food out of your slow cooker and simply dispose of the liner. Do not lift or transport the disposable liner with food inside.

Nutrition Facts

1 serving
262 calories; protein 18.8g; carbohydrates 30.5g; dietary fiber 5.1g; sugars 7.5g; fat 7.5g; saturated fat 2.4g; cholesterol 38.1mg; vitamin a iu 909.5IU; vitamin c 16.1mg; folate 12.5mcg; calcium 56.6mg; iron 3.9mg; magnesium 24.7mg; potassium 447mg; sodium 215.4mg.

1 vegetable, 1 1/2 starch, 1 1/2 lean protein, 1 fat

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