Meat-Lover's Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

I love preparing this sauce in the morning in the slow cooker and letting it cook on low all day. When I get home, I just boil some pasta and serve with a salad and some garlic bread. My family loves it.

• Ready In: 8 hrs 20 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 1  large sweet onion, chopped
• 1⁄2 lb hot Italian sausage
• 1  lb lean ground beef
• 1  teaspoon  dried Italian seasoning
• 1  teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (14 1/2ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes
• 1 (14 1/2ounce) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2  teaspoons garlic powder
• 1  tablespoon brown sugar

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions and sausage, until sausage is browned, about 10 minutes.
2. Transfer the sausage and onions to a slow cooker.
3. In the same skillet, cook and stir the ground beef, Italian seasoning, 1 t of garlic powder, and marjoram, breaking the meat up as it cooks, until the meat is browned, about 10 minutes.
4. Transfer the ground beef into the slow cooker.
5. Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, thyme, basil, oregano and 2 t garlic powder.
6. Cook on low for about 8 hours.
7. About 15 minutes before serving, stir in the sugar.
8. Serve hot over pasta.