Crockery Pot Spaghetti Sauce

• 4 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 12 cups water
• 12 teaspoon pepper
• 12 teaspoon red pepper (optional)
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 (29 ounce) can tomato puree
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 teaspoon oregano
• 2 lbs Italian sausages

1. Brown ground beef in 2 tablespoons hot oil in frying pan.
2. When almost browned, add onion and continue browning until onion is tender.
3. Pour meat and onion into 3 1/2 quart crock pot.
4. Add puree, sauce, paste, water, salt, pepper and oregano and set dial on low setting.
5. Cut sausage into pieces and brown in remaining 2 tablespoons oil.
6. When brown, place sausages in sauce in crock pot.
7. Continue cooking for 12 hours.
8. (If you like your sauce sweeter, you could add 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar to this).

cooking oil, onion, tomato sauce, water, pepper, red pepper, ground beef, tomato puree, tomato paste, salt, oregano, italian sausages

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/crockery-pot-spaghetti-sauce-368533 (may not work)