Sunday Dinner

Nothings as easy and goes as far as spaghetti & meatballs. So, since I did not know how many people I would be feeding and I overslept, this was perfect. I must say, I'm like Amy Ellen @ www.healthbeginswithmom.blogspot.com, in that I have trouble following a recipe so, I'll give you a couple of my favorite spaghetti sauce recipes. I put the sauce in the crockpot and added a package of frozen meatballs. We had salad, corn and cottage cheese for our side dishes and of course bread. I came in from church, boiled the spaghetti ( this can be done ahead of time and soaked in water) and heated the corn. Put the food on the table and gave God thanks.

Healthy Italian Spaghetti Sauce (12 1/2 cups)

1 bulb garlic (finely minced)

5-8 onions(chopped)

olive oil

4 bay leaves

2 tsp. basil

2 tsp. oregano

5 lb. 12 oz. canned whole tomatoes

15 ounce tomato paste

1 c. red wine

3 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp pepper

pinch of baking soda

Saute garlic, onions and herbs in olive oil- chop tomatoes- mix everything and put in crockpot. For best results cook slowly at least 10 hrs. in crock pot. For last 2 hrs. remove lid so sauce can thicken.

Hurry Spaghetti Supper

1 lb. ground beef

1 onion chopped

1 minced clove garlic

2 (6 oz.) cans tomato paste

3 cups water

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. oregano

1/2 tsp. basil

1/4 tsp. pepper

Lightly brown beef, onion, and garlic; drain fat. Stir in remaining ingredients. Simmer, uncovered, one hr.

Note: I was in a hurry so my recipe became a combination of these two using whatever I had on hand. I also did not saute the onion, garlic first. I just put everything in the crockpot and cooked on high 5 hrs.