Spaghetti Sauce with Angus Beef, Italian Sausage, Mushrooms, Onions, and Green Peppers in the Crock Pot!

-Add olive oil to large frying pan over medium heat

-Dice one white onion and one green pepper

-Chop 1 pound of Italian sausage links into bite size pieces

-Add sausage, onions, and green pepper to pan and brown sausage.

-Place sausage, onions, and green pepper in a large crock pot on Low

-Mince 4-6 cloves of fresh garlic

-In the same pan used for sausage add garlic and 1 pound of Angus beef and brown beef. Strain and add beef to crock pot

-Slice one whole package of mushrooms and saute in same pan with a teaspoon of soy sauce, add to crock pot

-Add one 28 oz. can of diced tomatoes, one 28 oz can of tomato puree, one 14 oz. can of tomato sauce and one small can of tomato paste to crock pot

-Add fresh Oregano, parsley, basil, cracked blacked pepper, salt, and red pepper flakes to crock pot

-Add half cup of water and stir all ingredients together in the crock pot

-Set to low for 6-8 hours

*Optionally add 1 tablespoon of white sugar during the last hour

Makes enough chunky and meaty spaghetti sauce for 2 pounds of pasta! That's plenty of leftovers which taste even better the next day. Prep time takes about 30 min so you can start this in the morning or afternoon and have an amazing home made sauce for dinner time.

This sauce can be used for many meals not just spaghetti. Enjoy!!

bon appetit