Spaghetti with meat sauce (slo-cooker)

Yield: 16 Servings

Ingredients:

2 lb Ground beef
4 ea Tomatoes canned
4 ea Med Carrot; cut in chunks
4 ea Med Onions quartered
4 ea Garlic cloves minced
2 ea Tomato paste canned
1/4 c Parsley snipped
2 ea Bay leaf
2 tb Sugar
2 ts Basil; crushed
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Oregano dried crushed
1 ds Pepper
1/4 c Cold water
1/4 c Corn starch
1 x Hot cooked spaghetti
1 x Grated parmesan cheese

Instructions:

Fat grams per serving: Approx. Cook Time: 10hrs In skillet brown the ground beef; drain off excess fat. Transfer meat to a crockery cooker. In blender container place one can of tomatoes undrained. Add the onion carrot and garlic. Cover and blend till chopped; stir into meat in cooker. Cut up the remaining can of tomatoes but do not drain; stir into meat mixture with tomato paste parsley bay leaf sugar basil salt oregano and pepper. Mix well. Cover and cook on low heat setting for 8-10 hours. To serve turn to high-heat setting. Remove bay leaf. Cover and heat till bubbly 10 minutes. Blend cold water slowly into cornstarch; stir into tomato mixture. Cover and cook 10 minutes longer. Spoon over the spaghetti. Pass the Parmesan cheese to sprinkle atop.----------A good change of pace in spaghetti sauce taste.