Pasta Puttanesca with Beef

Drescription

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

Ingredients

• 1 pound 90% or higher lean ground beef
• ¾ cup onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (6 ounce) can no-salt-added tomato paste
• 3 anchovy fillets, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
• ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 8 ounces dried multigrain penne pasta (about 2 1/2 cups)
• ¼ cup kalamata olives, chopped
• ¼ cup snipped fresh parsley
• 1 snipped fresh parsley

Directions

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.