mel's loaded spaghetti sauce

Name: Mel's Loaded Spaghetti Sauce
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 pound(s) lean ground beef; 1 pound(s) italian sausage (mild or sweet-i prefer the sweet); 3/4 cup(s) green bell pepper; 3/4 cup(s) red bell pepper; 1 medium onions, vidalia, peeled and chopped; 2 small bay leaves; 1 cup(s) mushrooms, fresh and sliced; 3 can(s) tomatoes, canned italian-style and diced(do not drain); 1 large can tomato paste; 1/4 cup(s) sugar; 2 tablespoon(s) basil (can be adjusted to taste); 2 tablespoon(s) italian seasonings; 2 clove(s) garlic; 2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 teaspoon(s) coarse ground pepper; 1 teaspoon(s) chili powder (secret #1); 1 teaspoon(s) cumin (secret #2); 1 can(s) or frozen spinach (drained)

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Recipe by

Melanie Irwin

@Melanie39

Hendersonville, TN

This recipe makes enough sauce to feed a family of 3-4 3 meals! I have used it to make manicotti, spaghetti, ravioli, pizza (large or personal pizzas made with frozen country style biscuits) and french bread pizzas. My boys LOVE it when they know it's on the menu!

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yield 3 -4

prep time 1 Hr

cook time 1 Hr

Ingredients For mel's loaded spaghetti sauce

1 lb

lean ground beef
1 lb

italian sausage (mild or sweet-i prefer the sweet)
3/4 c

green bell pepper
3/4 c

red bell pepper
1 md

onions, vidalia, peeled and chopped
2 sm

bay leaves
1 c

mushrooms, fresh and sliced
3 can

tomatoes, canned italian-style and diced(do not drain)
1 lg

can tomato paste
1/4 c

sugar
2 Tbsp

basil (can be adjusted to taste)
2 Tbsp

italian seasonings
2 clove

garlic
2 tsp

salt
2 tsp

coarse ground pepper
1 tsp

chili powder (secret #1)
1 tsp

cumin (secret #2)
1 can

or frozen spinach (drained)

How To Make mel's loaded spaghetti sauce

1
Heat 2 tablespoons of EVOO in 5 qt skillet & saute grated garlic cloves. Crumble beef and sausage together and brown. Add onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms and allow to saute with meat for appx 25 minutes. Then add seasonings. (filet of anchovie can be substituted for salt, just saute with garlic in EVOO!)

2
Add tomato paste and blend into mixture (hint:I use the hottest water from my faucet to get last dregs from can and add to mixture to help with blending). Then add 3 cans of diced tomatoes (using water to rinse cans of dregs and add to sauce-2 1/2 cans of water). Drain and add spinach.
3
Allow to simmer, just below medium (depending on your stove), for 1 hour.
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