Hearty Meat Sauce

• 1 3/4 pounds ground round
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 3/4 cup chopped celery
• 1 large clove garlic, minced
• 2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans no-salt-added whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped
• 1 (13 3/4-ounce) can no-salt-added beef broth
• 1 (6-ounce) can no-salt-added tomato paste
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 large bay leaf
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

1. Combine first 4 ingredients in a large Dutch oven; cook over medium-high heat until meat is browned, stirring until it crumbles. Drain and pat dry with paper towels. Wipe drippings from Dutch oven with a paper towel.
2. Return meat mixture to Dutch oven; add tomato and next 6 ingredients, stirring well. Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 35 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add parsley; cook 5 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf.
3. Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce into each of 5 labeled heavy-duty, zip-top plastic bags. Store in refrigerator up to 1 week or in freezer up to 3 months.

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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/hearty-meat-sauce (may not work)