Since it finally cooled down quite a bit, I just finished putting my spaghetti with meat sauce in the crock pot for dinner. We will have a green salad and garlic bread with it. It smells so heavenly!

Slow Cooker Spaghetti and Meat Sauce

1 1/2 lb. browned ground beef – I used 1 lb. today
8 oz. or ½ pkg. mild ground Italian sausage, browned with ground beef – did not use
8 Roma tomatoes, fine diced (you may want to use more) OR
1 (28 oz.) can whole Italian style tomatoes, cut up and undrained – I used 6 Romas and 1 large beefsteak tomato that were all home grown
1 pkg. fresh mushrooms, sliced – did not use today
1 lg. onion, finely diced
1 large green bell pepper, finely diced
1 large red bell pepper, finely diced
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
1 (15 oz.) can tomato puree
2 to 3 cans (8 oz. ea.) tomato sauce
1 c. dry red wine
1 ½ tsp. minced garlic
2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning, crushed
1/8 - ¼ tsp. ground black pepper - or to taste
1 bay leaf – did not use today
12 oz. dried pasta, cooked and drained
shredded Italian cheese

Brown ground beef and sausage till browned in large skillet. Meanwhile, combine remainder of ingredients, minus the pasta, in crock-pot. Cover and cook on high heat till meat is browned. Add browned meat and cover; turn crackpot to low and cook on low heat for 8 to10 hours. Or you may cook on high heat for 4 to 5 hours. Remove bay leaf and discard. Pass pasta and sauce and cheese. Makes 6 servings. Listed under Italian on Nancy’s message board.
Chris in NM

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