Sweet and Spicy Beef with Noodles

This is an old standby I go back to over and over. It's simple and a nice twist on the standard spaghetti with meat sauce. Don't remember where I pulled the recipe from...one of my mom's cookbooks I was paging through while visiting. The allspice and cumin give it a Middle Eastern taste.

Sweet and Spicy Beef with Noodles

1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 t crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 t ground allspice
3/4 t ground cinnamon
1- 1 /2 t ground cumin
2 T vegetable oil
2 t sugar
1 lb. ground round
3/4 c tomato sauce (an 8 oz. can)
box of pasta

Prepare pasta. Heat oil in skillet and saute onion and garlic. Stir in spices and sugar. Crumble meat in mix and saute until no longer pink. Add tomato sauce until mix is wet throughout (don't want excess sauce) and bring to a simmer. Season with salt to taste and more of other spices if desired. Serve over cooked pasta.