Chunky Pasta Sauce Slow Cooker Style Recipes

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• Brown sausage in a large saucepan; drain. Add green peppers, onion and garlic; cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano and basil; simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes. Serve over pasta.

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• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Add the next 10 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until heated through. Discard bay leaf. Serve with spaghetti.

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• Place chicken and vegetables in a 3-qt. slow cooker; sprinkle with oregano. Pour sauce over top. Cook, covered, on low 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender., Remove chicken; break up slightly with 2 forks. Return to slow cooker. Serve with spaghetti. If desired, top with olives and cheese. Freeze Option: Place the first 6 ingredients in a freezer container and freeze. To use, place container in refrigerator 48 hours or until contents are completely thawed. Cook and serve as directed.

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• In a large skillet, cook sausage and onion over medium heat for 7-8 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink and onion is tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker., Stir in the tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, brown sugar, bay leaves, oregano, dried basil, salt and thyme. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours., Discard bay leaves; stir in half of the fresh basil. Serve with pasta. Top with remaining basil.

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• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions and Italian sausage until the sausage is browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer the sausage and onions to a slow cooker. In the same skillet, cook and stir the ground beef, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, and marjoram, breaking the meat up as it cooks, until the meat is browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer the ground beef into the slow cooker.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, thyme, basil, oregano, and 2 teaspoons of garlic powder. Set the cooker on Low, and cook the sauce for 8 hours. About 15 minutes before serving, stir in the sugar. Serve hot.

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• In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and carrots; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender. Stir in mushrooms and bell pepper.
• In 4- to 5-quart slow cooker, place vegetables. Stir in remaining ingredients except spaghetti and cheese.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 hours.
• Uncover; stir well. Increase heat setting to High; cook uncovered about 1 hour longer or until sauce is desired consistency.
• Cook and drain spaghetti as directed on package. Serve sauce over spaghetti; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

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• Heat oil; add onions,shallots, celery and sauté 5 minutes; add garlic and peppers and sauté a few minutes.
• Transfer to your slow cooker.
• Add ground beef to your sauté pan and cook until meat is brown breaking it up as it cooks; add seasoning and beef broth; blend together.
• Transfer to you slow cooker.
• Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine all the ingredients.
• Cover and cook on High 4 hours or Low 8 hours.
• Store in individual containers in the freezer.
• Serve over your favourite pasta or rice.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

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• In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients except mushrooms, spaghetti and oil.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.
• Using 2 forks, break pork into bite-size pieces in cooker. Stir in mushrooms. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook 15 to 20 minutes. Meanwhile, cook and drain spaghetti as directed on package.
• Stir oil into sauce. Serve over hot spaghetti. Sprinkle with cheese.