{"id":90868,"date":"2024-10-20T08:14:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T13:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ambitiouskitchen.com\/?p=90868"},"modified":"2024-10-20T08:15:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T13:15:20","slug":"veggie-packed-meat-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ambitiouskitchen.com\/veggie-packed-meat-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Veggie-Packed Meat Sauce (freezer-friendly, great for kids!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This veggie-packed meat sauce, also known as ragu, is an ultra flavorful, easy recipe to keep in your back pocket (and freezer at all times!). Packed with protein from your favorite ground meat and loaded with FOUR different vegetables, this meat sauce boasts both delicious flavor and nutrition that everyone will gobble up! Great for babies, kiddos and adults and makes a wonderful postpartum meal too. A must-make!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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While I was on book tour I met so many mamas who always asked me: what recipes do your kids ACTUALLY eat?! Frankly, it’s a little bit of a trick question because what my kiddos love one day they might decide they hate the next (#momlife). But over the years I’ve found ways to sneak veggies and protein into their favorite comfort foods so that they actually eat it and I can feel good about what they’re putting in their bodies.<\/p>\n

A prime example? This flavorful, easy, veggie-packed meat sauce<\/strong> packed with a rainbow of vegetables that you won’t even notice. The trick is blending up the veggies into a “mush-like” texture before cooking them down with your favorite ground meat. Trust me; the veggies add lots of nutrients and texture that really make the sauce. You can watch me make it from start to finish in the next episode of Good Mood Comfort Food<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The recipes on my site and in my cookbook<\/a> are all about what you can add to your plate to make it more nourishing and nutrient-dense, not what you need to take away from your diet. You know I never sacrifice flavor, so get ready for the best healthy meat sauce you’ll ever make and watch the whole family gobble it up!<\/p>\n

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Ingredients in this veggie-packed meat sauce<\/h2>\n

What I love about this healthy meat sauce recipe is that you can truly load it up with any vegetables you have in your fridge! It’s such a great go-to and an easy way to use pantry staples. Here’s what you’ll need:<\/p>\n