Stephanie's World Famous Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Stephanie's Spaghetti Sauce

Tonight I have a craving for spaghetti so I'm sharing my recipe for spaghetti sauce.  I made this recipe up from years of watching my Mother make her sauce and then adding a few things I liked to make it a little different.  I think a Spaghetti family night supper is in our near future.  Serve over noodles with Italian bread, salad and a good Merlot and you've got yourself a dinner party. Typically our family only eats about half of this recipe.  The good thing is that this recipe freezes well so you can just pull it out and thaw for a quick supper on a busy evening. Happy cooking!


Stephanie Rawlinson's Spaghetti Sauce

In a dutch oven put the following:

3 pounds of (moderately lean) ground beef,

one onion (diced finely)

one Bell Pepper (diced fine),

1 tsp of salt

1/2 tsp of black pepper

1 TBSP of oregano

1 TBSP of chives

1 TBSP of basil

Put the hamburger and the spices in the bottom of a dutch oven and brown the hamburger.  Once it is brown, drain off any excessive fat.

Then add the following: 

1 large can stewed tomatoes (or 2 small ones), 

1 can of tomato soup

 2 cans of tomato sauce

1 small can of tomato paste

3 cups of water.

Stir and cook all of this on medium for about 30 minutes. Taste and decide if it needs more salt and pepper. Add this to taste.

Note to make my hotdog chilli- Just add anther can of tomato paste, leave out the whole tomatos and the tomato soup, put in 1 can of diced tomatos and only use 1 cup of water