Chunky Pasta Sauce Slow Cooker Style

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 teaspoon oil
• 2 onions, coarsely chopped
• 2 shallots, chopped
• 2 celery ribs, coarsely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/2 green pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 red pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 yellow pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1 carrot, coarsely chopped
• 2 (28 ounce) cans cubed tomatoes
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 0.5 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 cup beef broth
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat oil; add onions,shallots, celery and sauté 5 minutes; add garlic and peppers and sauté a few minutes.
• 2 transfer to your slow cooker.
• 3 add ground beef to your sauté pan and cook until meat is brown breaking it up as it cooks; add seasoning and beef broth; blend together.
• 4 transfer to you slow cooker.
• 5 add remaining ingredients and stir to combine all the ingredients.
• 6 cover and cook on high 4 hours or low 8 hours.
• 7 store in individual containers in the freezer.
• 8 serve over your favourite pasta or rice.
• 9 sprinkle with parmesan cheese.