My Spaghetti Sauce
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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1 pot
ingredients
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced (or more)
- 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (28 ounce) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes
- 1 (2/3 ounce) envelope zesty Italian salad dressing mix
- 1 (4 ounce) jar mushrooms, sliced
- 1 (32 ounce) box frozen italian meatballs
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- pepper
- garlic powder
- olive oil
directions
- In olive oil sauté onion, red pepper and garlic till soft.
- Add Italian dressing mix; stir.
- Add cans of tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes.
- Stir in basil and pepper and garlic powder.
- Let simmer--the longer the better stirring often.
- Towards the end, add the meatballs and simmer till they are done.
- Stir in mushrooms.
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Reviews
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This was very easy to prepare and the taste was excellent. I used two 28 oz jars of prepared spaghetti sauce instead of the canned tomato sauce (I didn't have any). I made this in my crockpot so I didn't precook the onions and peppers. I just put 8 oz. of sliced fresh mushrooms, peppers and onions in the bottom of the crockpot and put the sauce on top and sprinkled the packet of basil vigarette salad dressing mix (had no italian) and a few bay leaves along with the other spices. I put the frozen meatballs in along with the sauce and cooked all day. It was a nice easy meal to come home too. Thanks for posting Donna!
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My husband really liked this sauce! Because of our tiny crockpot, I had to take out half of the sauce about an hour into the cooking time. I'm already planning how to use the leftovers. :) I used a roasted red pepper (from a jar) in place of the fresh one, which gave it a wonderfully zingy, slightly smoky flavor. The 1 drawback was the whole tomatoes; I'd hoped that they'd fall apart in the crockpot -- I love a nice chunky sauce, but my husband prefers a smoother texture. Next time I make this sauce, I'll use 2 cans of sauce, or puree. I'll definitely make this one again, as it is yummy & SUPER easy! :)
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This was very easy to prepare and the taste was excellent. I used two 28 oz jars of prepared spaghetti sauce instead of the canned tomato sauce (I didn't have any). I made this in my crockpot so I didn't precook the onions and peppers. I just put 8 oz. of sliced fresh mushrooms, peppers and onions in the bottom of the crockpot and put the sauce on top and sprinkled the packet of basil vigarette salad dressing mix (had no italian) and a few bay leaves along with the other spices. I put the frozen meatballs in along with the sauce and cooked all day. It was a nice easy meal to come home too. Thanks for posting Donna!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Donna
Temecula, Ca.
I live in So.Cal. with my cute little hubby and my 2 kids, my daughter my son.
I work as a receptionist My husband and I met when I was 17 and he was 21 and have been together ever since.