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

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   4      tablespoons   cooking oil
   1      small         onion -- finely chopped
   1                    (15 1/2 oz.) can tomato sauce
   1 1/2  cups          water
     1/2  teaspoon      pepper
     1/2  teaspoon      red pepper -- optional
   1      pound         ground beef
   1                    (29 oz.) can tomato puree
   1                    (6 oz.) can 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.)