All Day Spaghetti Sauce

This spaghetti sauce freezes very well for later. i use standard quart-size ziplock bags, and stack them in the freezer.

Brown beef in a skillet.

Put into a large stock pot with the tomato sauce , paste , and diced tomatoes.

Add most of the required amount of all the spices.

Let simmer on low , stirring enough to keep it from burning to the pan bottom , for an hour or so.

Taste a spoonful and add the rest of the spices to taste.

The thicker the metal of your stock pot , the less you have to stir.

Cover it to prevent splatters , but not airtight.

The longer it simmers , the thicker it gets.

The sauce is also very good without the beef.

lean ground beef, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, bay leaves, garlic cloves, basil, oregano, onion powder, salt, pepper