Quick Italian Meat Sauce 

Meat Sauce
1 Jar of Marinara Sauce
1 carrot grated
I/4  cup of one med onion
1lb chopped meat (beef)
1Tblsp  tomato paste (optional --- but intensifies the flavor)
1 Tbls Oil
½ cup of water or red wine
Salt
Black pepper
1 tbls butter
2 cups baby spinach (optional)

1. Heat oil  in pot (med flame)
2. Add onions and stir until soft
3. Add grated carrots
4. REMOVE carrots and onions from oil
5. Add chopped meat – let it brown – break up the chunks with a spoon
6. Stir around until pink is gone
7. Add tomato paste into pot and stir around  with meat so it cooks
8. Add sauce and ½ cup of water or red wine
9. Let it simmer
10. Check for salt  -- add more if you like and some black pepper
11. Add baby spinach and cook for 5 minutes more.