Italian Sausage Spaghetti Sauce

This is one of my favorites EVER.  I always have some on hand.  I, normally do not put the italian sausage in the sauce.  My only reason is that I want to be able to use the spaghetti sauce for whatever I need it for.  If I choose, I will add italian sausage in at a later time.  But, the flavor of this spaghetti sauce is DELICIOUS.  I make a double batch in my crockpot and then freeze it in individual servings.  It is SO EASY. And SO SO good!!!

What You Need:

1 - 1 1/2 lbs Italian sausage, out of casing- browned (you can omit and just make the sauce without)

1 large onion, chopped

1 garlic clove (I used 2)

2 (16 oz) cans chopped tomatos (we use tomato sauce, I dont like chunks of cooked tomatos)

2 (6 oz) cans tomato paste

1 cup water

4 T brown sugar

1 T garlic powder

1 T parsley flakes

1 bay leaf

1 tsp basil

dash of black pepper

dash of cayenne pepper

1 T Creole Seasoning (we used Tonys)

1 T oregano

Brown sausage, onions and garlic.  Drain mixture to remove grease.  Add tomatoes, tomato paste and water. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring sauce to a boil, stirring constantly.  Reduce heat to low and let simmer for about an hour.  Serves 10. 

After browning the sausage, onions and garlic, I just dumped everything else in the crockpot, stirred it.  Turned it on low and let it simmer all day.  Fabulous!