Crockpot – Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients:

• 4 tbsp. cooking oil
• 1 sm. onion, finely chopped
• 1 (15 1/2 oz.) can tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 c. water
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1/2 tsp. red pepper, optional
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 (29 oz.) can tomato puree
• 1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. oregano
• 2 lbs. sausage (Italian links or country style)

Instructions:

1. Brown ground beef in 2 tablespoon hot oil in frying pan.
2. When almost browned, add onion and continue browning until onion is tender.
3. Pour meat and onion into 3 ½ quart Crockpot.
4. Add puree, sauce, paste, water, salt, pepper and oregano and set dial on low setting.
5. Cut 2 lbs. sausage into pieces and brown in remaining 2 tablespoons oil. When brown, place sausages in sauce in Crockpot.
6. Continue cooking for 12 hours.
7. (If you like your sauce sweeter, you could add 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar to this.)
8. Serve on Spaghetti. Try whole wheat spaghetti for a healthy option.