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Paleo & Whole30 Marinara Sauce with Sausage and Zoodles

This Homemade paleo & Whole30 marinara sauce is made from canned tomatoes with Italian sausage. Served over zucchini noodles. A healthy and delicious dinner recipe! 
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Main Course, Sauce
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 4
Calories: 708
Author: Natalie

Ingredients

  • 1 pound sweet italian sausage links
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion peeled and cut into large chunks
  • 5 cloves of garlic peeled
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes (Trader Joe's makes my favorite!)
  • 4 medium zucchinis spiralized into noodles
  • Chopped fresh basil to garnish

Instructions

  • Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
  • Cut the casings on the sausage links, and remove the meat. Pinch of 2 teaspoon sausage hunks, and add to the pan to cook. Cook for 5 minutes until the bottoms are golden brown, then stir to brown all sides.
  • Add the onion chunks and garlic to your food processor with the S-blade. Process for 1 minute until the onions are very finely chopped and almost look like a liquid.
  • Add the chopped onions and garlic to the sausage, season with salt, and cook for 3 minutes.
  • Add the diced tomatoes to the same food processor, and process for 1 minute until the tomatoes are finely chopped.
  • Add the tomatoes to the pan, and stir to combine.
  • Reduce heat to low, and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. The marinara sauce will be thick.
  • Serve each spiralized zucchini raw in a pasta bowl, and top with the warm marinara and sausage sauce, and top with fresh basil. As you toss to coat the raw zucchini noodles, they will release a bit of moisture which will thin out the thick marinara sauce perfectly. The warm marinara sauce will warm the raw zucchini noodles.

Nutrition

Calories: 708 | Total Carbs: 63.6g | Protein: 28.5g | Fat: 40.2g | Fiber: 5.2g | Net Carbs: 58g