Fill a pot of water with filtered water and add about 1 teaspoon of salt to the water.

Set your pot on the stove with the lid on and turn heat onto high to bring your water to a boil.

Once your water is at a boil, add your pasta and cook per the directions on the box.

While waiting for your water to boil. Preheat a medium skillet over medium heat.

Once the skillet is heated add olive oil to the pan and add your ground meat, cook until browned. Break up bigger meat chunks during this time.

When your meat is finally browned add in the diced onion, stirring often until onions become translucent. About 5 minutes.

Add your seasonings and minced garlic to the ground meat, stirring to incorporate.

Taste your ground meat to make sure it is seasoned to your liking.

Combine pasta sauce with ground meat in the skillet.

When pasta is at desired tenderness, strain with a colander, try to preserve a little bit of the pasta water, this helps the sauce adhere to the noodles better.

Either combine noodles and meat sauce mixture in one pot or keep separate, to serve the pasta sauce on top of your noodles once plated.

Top with your favorite garnish: parsley, parmesan cheese or as is.

Enjoy!