Grandma Giraffe's Old World Low-Carb Spaghetti Sauce

We love the robust and fresh flavors of homemade Spaghetti Sauce.  Fresh tomatoes, along with spices really enhance the taste of any sauce, especially ours.

Grandma Giraffe's Old World Spaghetti Sauce embraces those flavors and creates a food party in your mouths.  Each bite brings back memories of Grandma's Spaghetti Sauce from back in the day....a delightful memory.

And to add to its deliciousness, our dish is simply low-carb!  Definitely a plus for any Spaghetti Sauce.  Now, our next chore, is to find a delicious low-carb Spaghetti Noodle.

Our Preparation time for our Spaghetti Sauce is about 10 minutes, while our cooking time is another 1 hour and 15 minutes.

This week's ingredients include:

• 4 Roma Tomatoes
• 2 Small Cans of Tomato Sauce
• 2 Small Cans of Sliced Mushrooms
• 1 Tbsp. Oregano or Italian Seasoning
• 1 tsp. Minced Garlic
• 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese
• 1 Cup Reduced Sugar Ketchup
• 1 Chopped Onion
• 1 Pound of Ground Beef

We'll begin by slicing our onions, using our 1-Second Slicer (We think this device is absolutely genius and very user-friendly.  If you click on our words "1-Second Slicer," the link will direct you to the product at Amazon.com)

We'll then add our ground beef, chopped onions, and garlic to our skillet, will cover and cook over medium heat for 10-15 minutes or until our beef has fully browned.

While we're awaiting our hamburger mixture to complete cooking, we'll slice our tomatoes, also using our 1-Second Slicer.

Since our ground beef has fully cooked, we'll drain our grease and return our skillet to our burner.

Next, we'll add our Tomato Sauce, Ketchup, chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, Parmesan Cheese, and will stir until well blended.

We'll then, add our Oregano, will stir, and will cover, cooking for another 30 minutes.

At our 30 minute mark, we'll lower our temperature to medium low and will continue cooking for another 15-30 minutes, or until our tomatoes have softened.  

We'll also occasionally stir our sauce, to avoid our ingredients from sticking to the bottom of our pan.

Our tomatoes appear to have cooked and have therefore, softened.  

We notice that the longer we cook our sauce, the more the flavors are enhanced. So, if we are not in a rush, we'll simmer our sauce for as long as we like.  

Ahhhhhhh....  the aroma is superbly enticing and its flavor is absolutely yummy!

Each bite reminds us of Grandma's sauce that she had brought from the Old Country.  The taste of our fresh tomatoes, along with our spices are just incredible!

Our fresh and tomatoey spaghetti sauce can accompany or be included in many yummy dishes.

Next week, we'll use our old style spaghetti sauce to create freshly baked, yummy stuffed peppers. 

However, for this week, we hope you'll enjoy our old style spaghetti sauce as much as we do.

From our kitchen to yours ~

Enjoy!!

Giraffe's Creamy Low-Carb Fudgelicious Fudge

Fudgy Wudgy was a bear and Fudgy Wudgy loved Giraffe's Creamy Low-Carb Fudgelicious fudge.

The bear thought Giraffe's Fudge tasted just like Chocolate Cheesecake and was, therefore, very delighted.   The bear was also pleasantly surprised by the fudge's lack of carbs, but enjoyed its creamy fudgey flavor.

You too can enjoy our low-carb fudge recipe and will also be pleasantly surprised of its flavor.

Our fudge recipe takes less than 10 minutes of preparation time, another 5 minutes of cooking, and about 1 hour of resting time in the freezer.

Our fudge ingredients include:

• 8 oz. Brick of Cream Cheese
• 1 Stick of Margarine or Butter
• 1 Tbsp. Vanilla
• 1 Cup Sweetener
• 1/2 Unsweetened Baking Chocolate Bar

We'll begin by placing 1/2 of our Chocolate Bar and Margarine in our pan and will melt on low heat. 

We'll then, constantly stir our ingredients until they have fully melted.

Next, we'll add our Vanilla, Sweetener, will continue stirring, until all has been blended, and will set aside.

We'll then, place our block of Cream Cheese in our bowl and will soften in our microwave for 1 minute.

Next, we'll transfer our Cream Cheese to our mixing bowl, will add our chocolate mixture, and will blend with our electric mixer on medium high speed for 1 minute, or until well mixed.

We'll now, scrape the sides of our bowl, to ensure all of batter has been blended together.

Next, we'll spray our baking pan with our cooking spray and will add our mixture.

We'll, now, evenly spread our mixture to all sides of our pan, and will place in our freezer for 1 hour, or until fudge has fully solidified.

After 1 hour, we'll remove our fudge from our freezer and will cut into 1-2 inch sized pieces.

Voila!

Our bricks of fudge are soooo chocolatey, creamy, and fudge-like.  

Each bite tastes like a creamy piece of Chocolate Cheesecake!  What a delicious feeling to enjoy our fudge, but without the unnecessary carbs!

We guess that's why Fudgy Wudgy thoroughly enjoys Giraffe's Creamy Low-Carb Fudgelicious Fudge.

We hope you will too!  😋

From our kitchen to yours ~ 

Enjoy!