Making of a Meatsauce

A traditional red sauce is relatively easy. I have found an extremely easy way to slow cook your sauce and have it ready for dinner--the crock pot.

Here's what I do...no measuring required.

In the morning, fill your crock pot about 1/2 way with any combination of crushed canned tomatoes/tomato sauce/petite diced tomatoes. I typically buy 2- 28 oz cans of each. **They should not have any added spices or ingredients...just tomatoes.

Then I throw in the following:

1 lb pkg of ground turkey and 1 lb pkg of lean ground beef--we like ours meaty (and I have a huge crockpot).

Equal parts of both brown sugar and balsamic vinegar --approx 1/8 cup of each.

3 cloves garlic, minced or pressed

1-2 yellow onion, chopped

1 pkg sliced mushrooms

a handful of basil and oregano

1 T of salt and as many red pepper flakes as you can tolerate.

Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.

TIP: this makes a lot of sauce. I typically get three meals out of this "recipe". I store the two remaining servings in separate containers in the freezer until we are ready to use. Great for lasagna, chicken/eggplant parmesan, and of course over pasta.