3 marinara crock pot fresh Recipes

whole italian-style tomatoes (cut up and undrained ), carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped, stalks celery, diced, onion, chopped (about 1 cup), minced fresh garlic (can use more ), bell pepper, seeded and chopped, tomato paste, water, sugar, dried italian seasoning (rubbed between fingers to release the flavors), dried red pepper flakes (optional or to taste), bay leaf, salt and black pepper (i use quite a lot of to bring out the flavor!)

olive oil, sweet italian sausage (ground beef or pork sausage can be used if italian sausage is not available), diced onion, diced green pepper, minced garlic cloves, marinara sauce (or 4 cups of in search of the ultimate spaghetti/pizza/pasta sauce), minced fresh basil (1 tsp if using dry ), oregano, mccormick spicy steak seasoning (omit if using spiced italian sausage or you do not want it kicked up a notch ), lasagna noodles (or perfect egg pasta), egg, ricotta cheese (or homemade (crock pot)), parmesan cheese (cotija, also called queso anejado can be used), shredded mozzarella cheese (in mexico , asadero or chihuahua can be used)