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Monday, September 19, 2011

In the Kitchen: Spaghetti Sauce for a Crowd

As you may have noticed, I have a serious love affair with Italian food. So I couldn't pass up this Spaghetti Sauce for a Crowd recipe from my Gooseberry Patch Slow Cooker Recipes cook book.


This recipe is the 9th in my 10-part In the Kitchen series with Gooseberry Patch & the Real Farmwives of America. I'm working my way through their Slow-Cooker Recipes cookbook (thanks to receiving a complimentary copy from GP!). Once I've cooked 10 of these yummy recipes, I'll be giving away a copy of this cookbook to a lucky reader! Just one more recipe until the give-a-way!!

Here's what you'll need:



28 oz can crushed tomatoes
15 oz can tomato sauce (forgot to include this in the above pic - sorry!)
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
20 oz. package Italian sausage links, browned, drained and sliced
(I just used Bob Evans original recipe sausage links 'cuz I had a coupon)
2 16-oz packages of spaghetti, cooked
 

I started by browning the sausage on my double-burner griddle...


Doesn't it already look yummy? It's ok to go ahead and swipe a chunk at this point...I won't tell...


 In the meantime, mix all of the remaining ingredients (except the spaghetti) together in your slow cooker. Add the sausages and cook on low for 8 hours. My crockpot cooks a little hot, so this was a little too long for me. Serve the sauce over the cooked spaghetti, add a little garlic bread and a salad on the side and you have a fabulous, home-cooked meal perfect for these cool autumn days!

Super yummy - my hubby especially enjoyed this recipe! The recipe says it serves 12-14. We used about half for our family of 5, and I froze the remainder of the batch to enjoy another day.

Stay tuned for the last two recipes from my Gooseberry Patch Slow Cooker recipe cookbook. I'll be cooking up 10 recipes, then giving away a brand new copy thanks to my friends at Gooseberry Patch. For more great recipes - including a lot more Gooseberry Patch ones - head on over to the Real Farmwives of America and check out what the rest of these girls have going on.



Hunk of Meat Mondays

Jane's recipes from Gooseberry Patch's Slow Cooker Recipes:
9. Stay tuned for our final recipe before the big give-a-way!

ALSO - If you are stopping by today, please take a moment to stop by and give a shout out of love and encouragement to my fellow Real Farmwife Leontien..


She's working hard to kick cancer's butt, and a little love and encouragement never goes astray! I know she'd love to hear from you!

2 comments:

  1. Looks good! Can you bottle it and send it west? :-)

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  2. I have never thought about using sausage links in sauce. But it sounds FANTASTIC!! Thanks for linking up to Hunk of Meat Monday!

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