Slow Cooker Meat Sauce Recipe

This is a really easy slow cooker sauce you can do on a busy day. I mostly use fresh tomatoes, since my garden is in full bloom right now, but since most don’t grow or even can tomatoes I’m giving the version that uses store bought jars.To make it really pop though dicing up a few tomatoes and adding them in to the sauce- it will add a bunch of flavor! My kids love this meaty sauce. I chop a lot of extra vegetables in there, zucchini works best just chop them up and toss in the sauce to cook!

Ingredients

1lb ground beef

1/2lb Italian sausage

1 chopped green bell pepper

1 chopped red bell pepper

1 onion diced

6 gloves garlic chopped and minced

4 jars diced tomatoes (14oz)

1 can tomato sauce (15 pz)

1 can tomato paste (6oz)

2 medium sized zucchini chopped *optional

2 tablespoons Italian seasoning

fresh basil

pepper to taste

Directions

Brown beef and bulk sausage until cooked through in a skillet. Place cooked meat into slow cooker. Place remaining ingredients in slow cooker and stir to mix up. Cover and cook on med for 6 hours, or high for 3-4 hours. Serve over hot pasta of choice.

This also makes a really great sloppy joe mix, simply add some chili powder, and omit the can of tomato sauce. Cook the same way, and serve over toasted buns.

Enjoy!

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