Sneaky Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb mild italian sausage
• 1 (8 ounce) carton fresh mushrooms
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded
• 1 small yellow onion, peeled
• 5 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 0.5 (2/3 ounce) packet dried italian salad dressing mix (i use good seasons)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 squeeze the sausage out of the casings into a skillet and brown; you can also "brown" the meat in a microwave colander.
• 2 drain off fat and add meat to crock pot.
• 3 in a food processor, combine mushrooms, onion, garlic, and bell pepper and process until minced. if you don't have a food processor, just chop well.
• 4 add mixture to crock pot.
• 5 add tomato sauce, tomatoes (with juice) and tomato paste. stir in the salt, pepper and dry salad dressing mix.
• 6 stir through, cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or 4 hours on high.
• 7 serve over hot pasta. i prefer whole wheat spaghetti or linguine.
• 8 top with shredded parmesan or romano cheese.