Ingredients

  • olive oil, divided
  • 2 small eggplants, diced with skin
  • 1 large red onion, chopped
  • 1 (5 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained, or to taste
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
  • 6 Roma tomatoes, sliced
  • 2 pounds ground beef
  • 2 cups pasta sauce (such as Hunt's(R) Traditional)
  • 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 (14 ounce) can pizza sauce
  • 1/4 cup white sugar, or more to taste
  • 1 (1.5 ounce) envelope dry spaghetti sauce mix
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Method

  • Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Saute eggplants, red onion, mushrooms, and garlic until softened, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute tomatoes until juicy and tender, about 6 minutes. Transfer tomatoes to the pot.
  • Cook and stir ground beef in the same skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to the pot; add pasta sauce, tomato sauce, pizza sauce, sugar, spaghetti sauce mix, salt, and pepper. Stir and simmer until flavors are well blended, about 10 minutes.