Slow Cooker Spaghetti

​Cooking spaghetti in your slow cooker or Crock pot makes an easy, tasty dinner that you can set and forget. The recipe is flexible and allows you to make your spaghetti the way you like it. I add chocolate to my tomato sauce to take some of the acidic taste out.

Slow Cooker Spaghetti
 
Prep time: about 20 minutes Cook time: about 6 hours
 
Ingredients:

• 12 oz. tomato puree or tomato sauce
• 2 large tomatoes, diced with juice
• 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 cup red, yellow, and green peppers, diced
• 2 cups water
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tsp Italian seasonings
• 1 oz. chocolate
• 2 oz. Parmesan cheese
• ½ lb. Spaghetti noodles

 
Directions:

1. Combine tomato puree, diced tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and water[i] in slow cooker
2. Crumble uncooked beef and stir into mixture
3. Add garlic, seasonings, chocolate, and cheese stir.
4. Add spaghetti noodles, stir
5. Set temperature on low and cook for 6 hours (or high for 3 hours)

 
 
 
This recipe yields enough to feed about 6 people.
Serving suggestions: sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, serve with garlic toast.
 


[i] Water is necessary as the noodles will absorb it. Though sauce may appear thin, it will become thicker as it cooks.