CROCKPOT SPAGHETTI SAUCE
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Crockpot
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 4
 

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons cooking oil
1 small onion -- finely chopped
15 1/2 ounces tomato sauce
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon red pepper -- optional
1 pound ground beef
29 ounces tomato puree
6 ounces tomato paste
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon oregano
2 pounds sausage (Italian links or country style)
 

Preparation:

Brown ground beef in 2 tablespoon hot oil in frying pan. When almost browned, add onion and continue browning until onion is tender. Pour meat and onion into 3 1/2 quart crockpot. Add puree, sauce, paste, water, salt, pepper and oregano and set dial on low setting. Cut 2 lbs. sausage into pieces and brown in remaining 2 tablespoons oil. When brown, place sausages in sauce in crockpot. Continue cooking for 12 hours. (If you like your sauce sweeter, you could add 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar to this.)