Pepper (Spaghetti) Sauce

I love making Spaghetti Sauce. I love getting out my biggest pot on a lazy Sunday and making enough for 4 or 5 meals. This recipie is based on one of Paula Deen's (my idol), so she should get more credit than me. I pretty much just added/subtracted from her's to what I happen to have in my pantry at any given time. I put it in small Tupperware containers in the freezer and just pop one out when I need dinner another night. Sometimes I add a bit of bottled sauce to it to stretch it out even more.

John also gets credit for this recipe. He has had to suffer through the "test" recipes, make last minute trips to the store and so on. Poor thing, he had to learn the hard way that there are 98753298393 kinds of canned tomatoes (sauce, paste, diced, stewed, etc) and they all look exactly the same.

This is calledPepper Sauce because Pepper sits on my feet as I make this, waiting for me to spill and get a chance at having a treat.

• 1/2 lb ground beef


• 1/2 lb ground Italian sausage or pork


• 1/2 lb ground turkey


• 1 large white onion, chopped


• 1 green bell pepper, chopped


• 2 - 6 oz cans tomato paste


• 1 - 8 oz can tomato sauce


• 1-14 1/2 oz can stewed tomatoes


• 1 TB Italian seasoning


• 1 TB thick Worcester sauce


• 2 TB sugar


• 1 ts salt


• 1 c water


• 1 large clove garlic, minced


• 1/2 ts rosemary, crushed


• 1/2 ts brown sugar


• 1 ts sweet basil

1. Brown the meat in a large skillet. Drain. Pour into large pot.

2. Turn burner on Medium heat and add onion, green pepper, and garlic. Saute until onion and peppers are tender.

3. Add all remaining ingredients and stir A LOT. Place lid on pot and simmer on low or low/med for at least 30 minutes.