Budget Friendly Hack | Learn What to Make with Leftover Spaghetti Sauce
You’ve made your favorite homemade spaghetti sauce and now you’re trying to figure out what to make with leftover spaghetti sauce. Fret not! This healthy weeknight dinner has you covered!
You will only need a few basic ingredients to transform the best homemade spaghetti sauce into instant pot turkey chili! Simplify life and your budget and use your leftover spaghetti sauce for an insanely delicious chili recipe!
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What Do I Need to Do with this Leftover Sauce?
Making this absolutely delicious instant pot turkey chili will take you less than 5 minutes! See the quick details below and if you want to know more, click on the arrow to read all the things.
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Gut Healthy Foods in this Leftover Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
This leftover spaghetti sauce recipe has bonus gut healthy ingredients!
What to Make with Leftover Spaghetti Sauce
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Ingredients
The Best Homemade Spaghetti Sauce or your left over spaghetti sauce
- leftover spaghetti sauce
Transform this into a Favorite Take on Chili
- 2 14.5 oz cans kidney beans drained and rinsed
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- broken tortilla chips optional topping
- shredded cheddar cheese optional topping
- Greek yogurt optional topping
- 1 avocado sliced, optional topping
Instructions
Then, transform your spaghetti sauce into chili.
- Dump leftover spaghetti sauce into your Instant Pot.leftover spaghetti sauce
- Add the kidney beans. Open the can, dump beans into a strainer, and rinse with water before adding to the Instant Pot.2 14.5 oz cans kidney beans
- Add the frozen corn to the Instant Pot.1 cup frozen corn
- Add spices. Add chili powder and cumin to the Instant Pot.2 tbsp chili powder, 1 tbsp cumin
- Add bay leaf and barbecue sauce. Stir with a large spoon.1 bay leaf, 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- Close the lid and set the pressure valve to sealed. Press chili and set the timer for 30 minutes.
- When finished cooking the Instant Pot will beep. You can choose to allow the pressure to release naturally or manually (by opening the valve from sealed to open). Remove bay leaf and stir.
- Ladle chili into bowls and add your favorite toppings. Try Greek yogurt, shredded cheddar cheese, sliced avocado, and broken up tortilla chips! Enjoy!broken tortilla chips, shredded cheddar cheese, Greek yogurt, 1 avocado
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The Instant Pot
The Instant Pot gives your leftover spaghetti sauce turned instant pot turkey chili all the flavor of a long stove simmer without the work!
3 Reasons to Love the Instant Pot
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Prep Ahead
Keeps Things Warm
The Instant Pot keeps things warm so you can focus on your family or (ahem) yourself.
03
Quick
Reduce Cook Time
The Instant Pot can make your chili in 30 minutes. It will taste like it’s been simmering all day.
You can find the Instant Pot below and say yes to easy weeknight dinner!
— Dr. Kait
Gut Healthy Ingredients
For all the gut healthy ingredients in the best homemade spaghetti sauce check out the post here! Here, corn and kidney beans combine to add additional protein, fiber, and antioxidants!
Easy Hack When You are Looking for Something to Do With Your Leftover Spaghetti Sauce!
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