Karen's Infamous Spaghetti Sauce

Makes Approximately 8 Quarts

3 onions, chopped

2 cups of carrots, chopped

4 Tablespoons of minced garlic

1/2 cup of olive oil

1 pound Jimmy Dean's pork sausage with sage

1 pound sweet Italian Sausage cut in pieces

5 (14 1/2 ounce) cans of crushed tomatoes

4 (15 ounce) cans of tomato sauce

2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste

3 teaspoons sweet basil

1/3 cup oregano

1/3 cup of dried parsley

1 teaspoon salt

2-5 Tablespoons sugar (or cranberry sauce), depending on tartness of tomatoes

1. Preheat oil in heavy pot and cook onions, carrots and garlic until translucent, about 15 minutes.

2. Add ground pork and sausage and cook until browned.

3. Add canned tomato products, stirring well.

4. Add basil, oregano, salt, pepper and 2 Tablespoons of the sugar. Adjust for flavor. Simmer additional 15 minutes.

5. Serve over whole wheat spaghetti with French rolls or Garlic Bread.

This recipe started with Rosine's Cuisine's Rosine's Infamous Spaghetti Sauce but I changed the meat to ground pork and Italian sausage, the stewed tomatoes became crushed tomatoes because I was too lazy to break the tomatoes up with my fingers....