Amy's Homemade All Day Spaghetti Sauce

• servings: 10 servings
• active time: 30 minutes
• total time: 5 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes in puree

1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste

1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce

1 (14 1/2 ounce) can stewed tomatoes with basil and garlic

1 (4 ounce) can mushroom stems and pieces

2 bay leaves

1/4 cup merlot

2 teaspoons dried basil

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 lb ground sirloin

4 cloves garlic, chopped

1 large vidalia onion, chopped

2 carrots, finely chopped

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar

extra virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan

salt and pepper, to taste (to your liking)

1 teaspoon parsley flakes

1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese

Directions

Saute onion, garlic& carrot in olive oil over medium heat until tender.

Add ground beef and brown until no longer pink.

Add oregano, basil, garlic powder, parsley flakes,salt& pepper (to your liking)& worcestershire sauce.

Add Merlot wine, simmer a few minutes.

Add rest of ingredients and stir well.

Reduce heat to low and simmer for at least 5 hours stirring occasionally.

Remove bay leaves.

Serve over cooked spaghetti noodles.

Nutrition

• Calories: 199
• Total Fat: 7.6
• Saturated Fat: 2.9
• Cholesterol: 30.8
• Sodium: 693.2
• Total Carbohydrate: 21.8
• Dietary Fiber: 4.8
• Total Sugars: 9.5
• Protein: 13