Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce

Submitted by Good Vibe Goddess

"I love this spaghetti sauce, I make it monthly and then freeze into individual dinner size portions. Originally from Quick Cooking, I think. *In my house a serving is 1/2 cup, and I freeze my sauce in 2 cups containers."

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1/2 cup
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb ground Italian sausage
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 8 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans Italian-style diced tomatoes
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 2 teaspoons dried marjoram
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper

directions

1. In a large skillet, over medium heat, cook ground beef, sausage, onion, garlic, salt and pepper until meat is no longer pink.
2. Drain and transfer to crock pot.
3. Add all other ingredients, mix well and cook on LOW up to 8 hours.

Reviews

[1stgrambo]

This is a very good basic spaghetti sauce recipe, but whenever you have sugar in a recipe with tomatoes, try finely chopping a few carrots with your food processor or blender. Amounts can be adjusted to taste.<br/><br/>A good way to eliminate some sugar from your diet, AND get a few extra veggies into your family!

 

[carole in orlando]

A very good tasting spaghetti sauce. I got four large portions out of it. I only added 3 tablespoons of sugar which was plenty for our family. I used oregano instead of marjoram as I prefer it, but followed the recipe except for those two changes. It makes a rich, hearty sauce. Thanks, Carole in Orlando

 

[Ellee]

Loved it! Wow - what can I say?So hearty and chunky; we ate 1/3rd the first night, and last week I took the second 1/3rd out of the freezer and warmed in my smaller crockpot all afternoon and it was even better than the first time we ate it! I had to do some spice improvising (oregano and extra basil in lieu of Italian seasoning which I don't stock; plus a little more b/c I used reg. diced tomatoes, not italian-style) My youngest DS has diabetes and all the protein in this sauce makes it a much healthier meal in terms of blood sugar control than simple pasta and red sauce.

 

[PrimQuilter]

We absolutely loved this sauce! My 15 yr old eats a half pound of pasta everyday after school and this is his favorite recipe now! I did switch up the ground beef for ground turkey and I didn't have any marjoram so I added extra italian seasoning. Also cut back just a bit on sugar as others have done. Great sauce recipe, thanks Lysa! Made for PAC Fall 2009.

 

[happynana]

My DH had this prepared when I got home from broker class. He did make some modifications. He left out the sugar. Used one can of spicy diced tomatoes for heat along with the 2 regular cans of tomatoes and left out the tomato paste. Easy way to make homemade spaghetti. Thanks Lysa.