Meat-Lover's Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

Pasta and Noodle - Dinner

This creates a great, chunky, and very meaty spaghetti sauce. The longer it cooks, the better it tastes!

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 8hrs20 mins

Total: 8hrs40 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Meat-Lover's Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 small onions

chopped

¼ pound bulk Italian sausage

1 pound ground beef

1 teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning

1 teaspoon garlic powder

½ teaspoon dried marjoram

1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes

1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes

¼ teaspoon dried thyme leaves

¼ teaspoon dried basil

½ teaspoon dried oregano

2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 tablespoon white sugar

Saigon Noodle Salad

Dinner

Directions

Step 1

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions and Italian sausage until the sausage is browned about 10 minutes. Transfer the sausage and onions to a slow cooker. In the same skillet cook and stir the ground beef Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon of garlic powder and marjoram breaking the meat up as it cooks until the meat is browned about 10 minutes. Transfer the ground beef into the slow cooker.

Step 2

Stir in the tomato sauce tomato paste diced tomatoes stewed tomatoes thyme basil oregano and 2 teaspoons of garlic powder. Set the cooker on Low and cook the sauce for 8 hours. About 15 minutes before serving stir in the sugar. Serve hot.

Nutritional Information

Meat-Lover's Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 263.9

% Daily Value *

Protein: 15g 30%

Carbohydrates: 18.8g 6%

Dietary Fiber: 3.7g 15%

Sugars: 13.4g

Fat: 14.8g 23%

Saturated Fat: 4.7g 24%

Cholesterol: 45.2mg 15%

Vitamin A Iu: 1332IU 27%

Niacin Equivalents: 6.8mg 52%

Vitamin B6: 0.3mg 21%

Vitamin C: 21.2mg 35%

Folate: 22.7mcg 6%

Calcium: 73mg 7%

Iron: 4.5mg 25%

Magnesium: 38.2mg 14%

Potassium: 810.6mg 23%

Sodium: 1025.1mg 41%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 21%

Calories From Fat: 133.3

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.