Easy Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

Easy Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce




8 ounces Italian sausage

1 pound lean ground beef

2 cans (14.5 ounces each) diced tomatoes with juice

1 cup chopped onion

1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce

1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste

1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper

1 to 2 tablespoons sugar

1 to 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 teaspoons dried leaf basil

dash ground red pepper or red pepper flakes, if desired



Remove sausage from casings; brown in a heavy skillet along with ground beef.

Break up sausage and ground beef while browning; drain well.



Add sausage and beef to crockpot, along with all remaining ingredients. Cover

and cook on LOW setting for 8 to 10 hours or HIGH for 4 to 5 hours. Serves 8 to

10.
This sauce can be frozen.

CROCKPOT APPLE CARAMEL DESSERT

CROCKPOT APPLE CARAMEL DESSERT






2 med apple

1/2 c apple juice

7 oz caramel candy

1 tsp vanilla

1/8 tsp ground cardamom

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/3 c peanut butter, creamy

7 slices angel food cake

1 qt vanilla ice cream

Peel, core and cut each aplle into 18 wedges; set aside. Combine apple juice,

unwrapped caramel candies, vanilla, cardamom and cinnamon. Drop peanut butter, 1

tsp at a time, over ingredients in crock pot and stir. Add apple wedges; cover

and cook on LOW for 5 hrs. Stir thoroughly, then cook 1 hr more. Serve approx

1/3 cup of warm mixture over a slice of angel food cake or ice cream.

Candied Bananas Dessert

Candied Bananas Dessert






6 green-tipped bananas, peeled

1/2 cup flaked coconut

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup dark corn syrup

1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

2 tsp grated lemon peel

1/4 cup lemon juice



1. Put bananas and coconut into large enough CP to fit in single

layer. Sprinkle with cinnamon and salt.

2. Mix corn syrup, butter ,lemon peel, and lemon juice; pour over

bananas.

3. Cover and cook on Low 1 to 2 hours.