Keto Spaghetti Recipe: Ground beef, marinara, and shirataki or zucchini noodles!

Intro - Grocery List - Directions - Macronutrients - Leftovers and Meal Prep

Its surprising to learn that you can succeed at the ketogenic diet and eat your spaghetti, too. The only catch, is that you need to follow a keto spaghetti recipe!

What really makes the difference here, is that we’re using Shirataki ‘miracle noodle pasta’ which is made from konjac root [1].

This may sound off, but we were pleasantly surprised by the lack of difference. Don’t believe us? Put it to the kid test, and serve them up without alluding to the noodle-switch… No complaints will be received!

In addition to near-zero carb pasta, we are also going to deploy our extremely low carb keto marinara sauce. This is the most flavorful tomato sauce you can make, without exceeding our carbohydrate limits.

Chefs note: this recipe calls for our homemade marinara sauce, but can be swapped for RAO’s marinara. As well, you can bypass shirataki miracle noodles by making zucchini noodles and/or using more zucchini chunks as replacement.

Servings: 4 - Calories: 280 - Fat: 16 - Protein: 27 - Net Carbs: 6

Grocery List:

Here are the required items to make keto spaghetti.

• 1 lb. Lean Ground Beef
• 7 oz. Miracle noodle pasta
• 2 cups Zucchini (chopped)
• 1/2 cup shredded Mozzarella
• 1/4 Red onion (chopped)
• 1 Bell pepper (chopped)
• 4 medium garlic cloves
• 4 serv. Keto Marinara Sauce (view recipe)

Components:

Your kitchen will require the following

• Medium Skillet
• Baking dish or mini-dishes

Directions:

1. Chop up onion, zucchini, tomato and bell pepper; chop or mince garlic cloves
2. Set a skillet on medium-high heat and spray with coconut oil. Toss in red onion and minced garlic. Cook in the skillet until the onions are nearly translucent.
3. Pre-heat Oven to 375 F.
4. Add the ground meat to the skillet, break it up with a spatula to separate as it cooks.
5. When beef is almost done cooking, add zucchini, Keto Marinara Sauce and bell peppers.
6. Evenly divide the Miracle noodle pasta into 4 mini pans. Pour the mixture on top of the pasta.
7. Top each with 1/8 cup shredded mozzarella.
8. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 375F. Once finished, allow to cool. Cover with foil and freeze until you're ready to eat.
9. Reheat in the oven. Enjoy!

Macronutrients:

Leftovers and Meal Prep:

Keto spaghetti with beef is a prime meal for freezing. However, take note of the low total calories per serving based on splitting your catch into fourths!

To better meet your individual needs, you can upscale, combine portions, or look for the right macro-friendly keto dessert to top it all off for the day.

Additional Comments: To add more calories from fat to this meal, consider using 85% lean beef, or more beef in general. Down the road, you can also run this same recipe with chunks of chicken or ground turkey. When using chicken, a keto-friendly pesto sauce can sub out the marinara if desired.