Crock-Pot Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

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As I mentioned in myCrock Pot Pot Roast recipe, I normally cook things in theCrock Potthat Mom cooked on the stove. She hadto watchover it all day to keep it from sticking and burning, and I can put it in the Crock pot and walk away.

Crock-Pot Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

I love cooking this it’s fun for me, I don’t know why I enjoy it so much, but, I do. I know many people use store bought sauce, but, they are sweet and I don’ like them near as much as this recipe.

You can make a huge batch and break it up and freeze it for later meals: Lasagna, Baked spaghetti, pizza sauce, there are many more uses for it!

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Crock-Pot Spaghetti Sauce Recipe – GSFF (2)

Ingredients Needed:

1 can Diced, Roasted, or Whole Stewed Tomatoes 2 can tomato paste PLUS 2 cans warm water
2 cans tomato sauce
2 lbs Ground Hamburger Meat or Ground Turkey
2 Bell Peppers chopped
2 Medium Onions chopped
3 Celery Stalks chopped
1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
2 tbsp. Garlic
Oregano
Salt
Pepper
Italian Seasonings
Garlic Salt
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder

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Crock-Pot Spaghetti Sauce Recipe – GSFF (3)

Directions:

I always start with tomato paste, tomato sauce and either diced, roasted or whole stewed tomatoes. If I use whole stewed tomatoes I will put them in the Crock Pot first and let them cook down a little before adding the other sauces and pastes.

Once the tomatoes have cooked down (or, if I used diced or roasted tomatoes, I just add them all at once), add the tomato sauces, tomato pastes, and the water and stir. Cook on high while you are preparing the rest of the ingredients.

Crock-Pot Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 5 hours

Total Time: 5 hours 20 minutes

Cooking spaghetti sauce from scratch is easy, especially with a crock-pot. The ingredients are fresh and you can see exactly what you're feeding your family.

Ingredients

1 can Diced, Roasted, or Whole Stewed Tomatoes 2 can tomato paste PLUS 2 cans warm water
2 cans tomato sauce
2 lbs Ground Hamburger Meat or Ground Turkey
2 Bell Peppers chopped
2 Medium Onions chopped
3 Celery Stalks chopped
1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
2 tbsp. Garlic
Oregano
Salt
Pepper
Italian Seasonings
Garlic Salt
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder

Instructions

start with tomato paste, tomato sauce, and either diced, roasted, or whole stewed tomatoes. If you use whole stewed tomatoes, put them in the Crock Pot first and let them cook down a little before adding the other sauces and pastes.
Once the tomatoes have cooked down (or if you used diced or roasted tomatoes, add them all at once), add the tomato sauces, tomato pastes, and water and stir. Cook on high while you are preparing the rest of the ingredients.
Then chop up all the veggies and sauté them in olive oil on medium heat until the onions look transparent but not brown.
Add all the veggies to the sauce in the Crock Pot and then brown the meat. Once, the meat was lovely and brown. Then drain it and add it to the sauce, and then add all the spices.
Then let it cook covered for about 4-5 hours or less, depending on the time I have. I serve it either over regular pasta or over zucchini pasta.
I love my zucchini pasta maker – it makes it quick and easy and much healthier and low carb! I normally microwave them for about a minute after I cut them just to make them soft.