I love crockpot recipes. I don’t use them as often as I should, but I love throwing everything in one pot in the morning and coming home to a house that smells wonderful and having a fully cooked meal in the evening. The problem is the prep in the morning thing.

I don’t do mornings. Which is why I usually throw it all together the night before, so that all I have to do in the morning is take the crock from the fridge, put it into the heating element, and turn it on. That means the only thing I have to do that night is boil noodles!

This is seriously one of the easiest and most delicious meals in our household. Because I keep cooked ground beef, chopped onion, and shredded vegetables in my freezer, this really is just a throw-it-in-the-crockpot meal.

Easy peasy. 🙂

Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef, cooked and drained
2 (26 oz) cans Hunt's Traditional Spaghetti Sauce
1 - 2 cups shredded zucchini or carrot
1 cup chopped onion
2 tsp minced garlic
2 tsp Italian seasoning
3 Tbs sugar

Instructions

Put all ingredients into slow cooker and stir to combine.
Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.

Notes

Sometimes I don't add the ground beef until the last hour of cooking time.

Becky (So Very Blessed)

Saturday 26th of May 2012

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Anonymous

How can I pin this to pinterest? It looks awesome and I love that it had veggies hidden in it. Veggie consumption in this house is a big problem!

Laura

Monday 20th of February 2012

Gonna have to give that one a shot! Usually my crock pot recipes are a huge fail (I know that's true of most of my cooking but still). My stew turns out ok in the crock.

Saturday 18th of February 2012

I've tried so hard to force myself to become a morning person, but so far I haven't succeeded! I hope you like the spaghetti sauce, Aledia!

Aledia

I feel the exact same way! I love using my crock pot and I'm not a morning person either.

This sounds great and I will def be trying it out! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

Blessings,Aledia