Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce Recipe From Scratch

in Dinner, Recipes on 06/03/14

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I wanted to share my Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce From Scratch recipe. I love to cook from scratch when I can. Especially now that we have gone completely sugar/fructose free, it makes it easier if wecook from scratch. Just know that nothing I have used including the spices have any added sugar or fructose.

I know a lot of people like to use sauces that you can buy in the store and yes they are convenient, but they are too sweet for me and I like it chunky with veggies, so here’s my recipe.

Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce From Scratch

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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As I mentioned in my Crock Pot Pot Roast recipe, I normally cook things in the Crock Pot that Mom cooked on the stove. She had to watch over it all day to keep it from sticking and burning, and I can put it in the Crock pot and walk away.

Instructions:

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 Slow Cooker 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.

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Then I chop up all of the veggies and sauté them in olive oil on medium heat until the onions begin to look transparent, but not brown.

Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce Recipe From Scratch

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours

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

I always start with tomato paste, tomato sauce, and either diced, roasted, or whole-stewed tomatoes. If I use whole stewed tomatoes, I will first put them in the Slow Cooker 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 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 I chop up all of the veggies and sauté them in olive oil on medium heat until the onions begin to look transparent but not brown.
I add all the veggies to the sauce in the slow cooker and then brown the meat. Once the meat is nice and brown, I drain it and add it to the sauce, and then I add my spices.
Then I 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.