Meat-Lover's Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients

• 0.3 pound bulk sausage italian
• 29 ounce tomato sauce canned
• 14.5 ounce canned tomatoes diced italian-style canned
• 0.3 teaspoon basil dried
• 0.5 teaspoon marjoram dried
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder 
• 1 pound ground beef 
• 2 tablespoons olive oil 
• 2 small onions chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon oregano dried
• 1 teaspoon herb seasoning dried italian
• 0.3 teaspoon thyme leaves dried
• 6 ounce tomato paste canned
• 1 tablespoon sugar white

Equipment

• frying pan
• slow cooker

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions and Italian sausage until the sausage is browned, about 10 minutes.
2. Transfer the sausage and onions to a slow cooker. In the same skillet, cook and stir the ground beef, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, and marjoram, breaking the meat up as it cooks, until the meat is browned, about 10 minutes.
3. Transfer the ground beef into the slow cooker.
4. Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, thyme, basil, oregano, and 2 teaspoons of garlic powder. Set the cooker on Low, and cook the sauce for 8 hours. About 15 minutes before serving, stir in the sugar.
5. Serve hot.