The Cheater's Crock-Pot Spaghetti Sauce

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   Cut each sausage into bite size pieces.

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   In one sauce pan, heat olive oil and garlic.Add sausage, the onion, and the mushrooms.

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   Cover until sausage begins to brown.

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   In another pan, begin to brown ground beef.

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   Cut amount of spices in half and divide between the two meat mixtures.

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   (Ex: 1 tablespoon parsley to each meat mixture, 1/2 tablespoon oregano to each mixture, etc.

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   ).

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   While meats continue to cook, in crock pot combine Italian stewed tomatoes, Italian herbed tomato paste, plain spaghetti sauce, and flavored spaghetti sauce.

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   Add remaining parsley, oregano, sage, marjoram, garlic powder, rosemary, and bay leaves to tomato mixture.

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    Salt and pepper to your liking.

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    Add 1/8 cup sugar*.

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    When meats are completely cooked, mix them both into the crock pot with the tomato mixture.

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    Set crock pot for 6 or 8 hours.

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    Let sit all day.

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    Serve over pasta.

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    **I only use 1/8 cup of sugar because I do not like my spaghetti sauce particularly sweet.

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    You may need to adjust this amount; sugar can be added several hours after beginning the sauce, so you can add as you go a long.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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