Vegetarian Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and carrots; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender. Stir in mushrooms and bell pepper.
• In 4- to 5-quart slow cooker, place vegetables. Stir in remaining ingredients except spaghetti and cheese.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 hours.
• Uncover; stir well. Increase heat setting to High; cook uncovered about 1 hour longer or until sauce is desired consistency.
• Cook and drain spaghetti as directed on package. Serve sauce over spaghetti; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

Steps:

• Cook onions and carrots in oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Stir and cook for 4-5 minutes until tender. Add mushrooms and bell pepper and stir. Place vegetables into bottom of 4-5 quart crock pot and add remaining ingredients except spaghetti pasta and cheese.
• Cover crock pot and cook on low for 7-8 hours.
• Uncover, stir thoroughly, then leave cover off crock pot and turn heat to high.
• Cook, uncovered, for 1 more hour to thicken sauce.
• At this point the sauce can be frozen. Divide into smaller portions and cool in refrigerator.
• Wrap, label, and freeze the sauce up to 3 months.
• To thaw and reheat, thaw sauce overnight in refrigerator.
• Pour into skillet and heat over medium heat, stirring frequently, about 15-20 minutes or until sauce bubbles and is thoroughly heated.
• You can even cook the pasta until almost tender and combine it with the cooled sauce. Freeze as directed, and thaw as directed. You may need to add 1/4-1/3 cup water when reheating if freezing the pasta in the sauce.
• Or you can go ahead and serve sauce with cooked spaghetti and grated Parmesan cheese. 6 servings.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions and Italian sausage until the sausage is browned, about 10 minutes. 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. Transfer the ground beef into the slow cooker.
• 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. Serve hot.

Steps:

• In slow cooker pot, mix dry sauce mix with tomato sauce and water.
• Cut zucchini into 1/2-inch crosswise slices.
• Peel eggplant, slice thinly and then cut each slice into quarters.
• Add all the diced and sliced veggies to the crockpot.
• Cover and cook on low 4-6 hours or until vegetables are tender.
• Meanwhile, cook spaghetti according to package directions; drain.
• Serve sauce on top of cooked spaghetti with mozzarella sprinkled on top.