Spaghetti Sauce Tips

But if you want a real Italian recipe, I got this from an Italian woman who was in her late sixties back in the 70's, it was her grandmother's from Italy!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cups olive oil
• 1 cup onion, diced small
• 2 Tbsp. vegetable flakes
• 2 stalks celery, diced small
• 1 and 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 2 Tbsp. parsley flakes
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 2 (8 oz.) cans tomato puree
• 2 (6 oz.) cans tomato paste
• 1 (8 oz.) can tomato juice
• 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1 Tbsp. salt
• 1 Tbsp. basil

Directions:

Simmer oil, onion, vegetable flakes, and celery together. Mix together with remaining ingredients and cook in slow cooker till constancy you like then process according to Ball Blue Book.

I like to add a little ground sausage to my beef when cooking it. If you think it may be too greasy for you, or you can't take a lot of grease in chili or sauces, boil it. Let it cool, then crumble it. It really makes chili and spaghetti sauce yummy.