It is always very hot where I live when the tomatoes and peppers are ripe, so I constantly seek out crock pot recipes. Here is one I use for spaghetti sauce.
Source: I found this at allrecipes.com and have played with the recipe several times, but this is the basic version that I love.
By ms. carmen
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Probably the very best I ever tasted... and I've tasted lots of spaghetti!
I love using crock pots and developed this way of cooking Italian food when I was working. I put a can of spaghetti sauce in a crock pot and then add either Italian sausage, chicken, or beef such as London broil.
I've tried so many other recipes for this spaghetti sauce and always return to this old recipe I've used for years.
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Does anyone have the crockpot spaghetti sauce recipe that was in the booklet packed with the Crockpot in the mid-1970s?
Barbara from Brighton, MA
Here's a recipe from the Crockpot Cookbook that came with the crockpot. I received this crockpot as a gift in 1976 and am still using it! It's a Rival model 3150, 3 1/2 Qt.
I couldn't find a spaghetti sauce recipe in the book but this one is called Italian Meat Sauce. Maybe it's the one you're thinking of?
Italian Meat Sauce
1 c. chopped onion
1 - 1/2 lbs. ground chuck, browned
2 cloves garlic
1 large can tomatoes (1lb 12oz)
1 6oz can tomato paste
2 stalks celery, with tops, chopped
2 tsp. salt
3 tsp. dried oregano
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1 bay leaf
Put all ingredients in crockpot. Stir thoroughly. Cover and cook on Low 10 - 12 hrs or High 3 - 5 hrs.
Ingredients may be increased by half for the 5 Qt model.
Hope that helps you.
Sherry in GA
Here's another recipe from my crockpot cookbook, circa 1976.
Easy Does It Spaghetti
Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
1 TBS. instant minced onion
Directions:
Brown ground beef well in skillet and place in crockpot. Add all remaining ingredients except dry spaghetti. Stir well.
Cover and cook on Low 6 - 8 hrs or High 3 1/2 hrs.
Turn to High last hour and stir in dry spaghetti.
Enjoy!
Sherry in GA
I have the original cook book from Rival, there are about 3 with Marinare Sauce, this book is from 1975.
My email is; marypallister2001 AT yahoo.com
I have two recipes that came from the old Rival CROCK*POT slow cooker/server COOKBOOK.
1.
Easy Does-it Spaghetti
1 lb. ground beef
1 T.dry minced onion
2.
ITALIAN MEAT SAUCE
1 1/2 pounds ground chuck, browned
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
2 cloves garlic
1 14 1/2-ounce can tomatoes
2 6-ounce cans tomato paste
2 stalks celery with tops, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1 bay leaf
Put all ingredients in CROCK-POT. Stir thoroughly. Cover and cool on Low 10 to 12 hours. (High: 3 to 5 hours).
I hope one of them is the recipe you were looking for.
Enjoy.
Just found this website and it has tons of retro recipes and this page may have your crockpot sauce recipe...Happy Cooking!
oldrecipebook.com/
Homemade spaghetti sauce can be tailored to suit your individual taste by the spices and additions you add or you can keep it simple. This is a page about basic spaghetti sauce recipes.
