Kat's Mom's Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 9 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 (28 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (8 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained (optional)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sweet basil
• 2 bay leaves, remember to remove before serving
• 1/4 teaspoon rosemary, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 4 -5 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 lb italian sausage (mild or hot)
• 2 lbs hamburger
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese or 1/4 cup romano cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 place sausage in a frying pan with 1/2 cup water.
• 2 poke a few holes on each side of the sausage with a fork so that grease will run out.
• 3 simmer on medium heat for 15 minutes, turning several times until sausage is no longer pink in the middle.
• 4 set aside to cool.
• 5 in a big crockpot add the first eleven ingredients.
• 6 clean out frying pan and fry hamburger on medium heat until no longer pink.
• 7 use spatula to break into small pieces.
• 8 drain grease and add meat to the crockpot.
• 9 wipe out frying pan again.
• 10 chop onion and crush garlic cloves.
• 11 melt butter in frying pan and saute the onion and garlic until translucent - about 10 minutes on medium heat.
• 12 add to crockpot.
• 13 remove casings from cooled sausage and crumble sausage into the crockpot.
• 14 stir sauce, cover and cook about 8 hours on low.
• 15 about 15 minutes before serving stir in the grated cheese.
• 16 serve over pasta.
• 17 we like to sprinkle on more cheese and red pepper flakes and serve with a fresh salad and garlic bread.