spaghetti sauce and meatballs

Ingredients For spaghetti sauce and meatballs

• 1 lg

  onion, diced
• 1 md

  green bell pepper, diced
• 29 oz

  ( 2- 14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes
• 90 oz

  (6-15 oz)cans tomato sauce
• 6 oz

  can tomato puree
• 1 Tbsp

  minced garlic from a jar
• 2 md

  bay leaves, dried
• 1 tsp

  each sweet basil and oregano (i grow my own)
• 1/4 tsp

  crushed red pepper, or to taste
• 1/2 tsp

  each salt and pepper or to taste
• 1 tsp

  dried parsley
• meatballs:
• 1/2 lb

  each ground chuck and hamburger
• 1/2 c

  italian bread crumbs
• 1 lg

  egg
• 1/3 c

  finely chopped onion
• 1 Tbsp

  grated parmesean and romano cheese
• 1/2 tsp

  pepper
• 1/4 tsp

  salt