Slow Cooker Meaty Pasta Sauce

Total Time: 4 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 4 lamb chops
• 2 (28 ounce) cans italian tomatoes
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato puree
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dry oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (to taste)
• 4 bay leaves

Recipe

• 1 in a frying pan, brown ground beef and lamb chops.
• 2 in a blender or food processor, blend the italian tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato puree, sugar, salt, pepper and oregano.
• 3 add beef, lamb, tomato mixture, red pepper flakes and bay leaves in slow cooker.
• 4 cook for either 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low setting.
• 5 serve with pasta.