Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 small onions, chopped I used one larger red onion
• 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning
• 1/4 pound bulk Italian sausage I used only one pound of Italian sausage and no ground beef
• 1 pound ground beef

All of these can be mixed together while the meat, onions and seasonings are browning:

• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes. I used all diced tomatoes. Next time I'll use all stewed tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon white sugar

Directions

1.     Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions and Italian sausage until the sausage is browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer the sausage and onions to a slow cooker. In the same skillet, cook and stir the ground beef, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, and marjoram, breaking the meat up as it cooks, until the meat is browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer the ground beef into the slow cooker.

2.     Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, thyme, basil, oregano, and 2 teaspoons of garlic powder. Set the cooker on Low, and cook the sauce for 8 hours. About 15 minutes before serving, stir in the sugar. Serve hot.