Loaded Veggie Pasta Sauce Slow Cooker Recipes

VEGETARIAN PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute the onions and peppers in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the zucchini, summer squash, tomatoes, eggplant and mushrooms; cook and stir for 5 minutes., Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until sauce is thickened.

VEGETARIAN CROCK POT SPAGHETTI SAUCE

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.

LOTS O'VEGGIES SAUSAGE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium skillet over medium heat, cook sausage and ground beef until brown. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. Set aside.
• In a large stock pot or Dutch oven heat oil over medium heat. Cook onions in oil until translucent. Stir in green and red bell peppers, zucchini, mushrooms and carrots and cook until just tender. Add browned sausage and ground beef. Stir in basil, spinach, thyme, oregano, garlic, sugar and salt and pepper. Cook 2 to 5 minutes. Pour in tomatoes, stir well, reduce heat, cover and simmer 3 hours, stirring occasionally.

SLOW COOKER VEGGIE-LOADED MARINARA

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours. Remove the bay leaf. Blend with an immersion blender to the desired consistency. Adjust the seasonings to taste.

SLOW-COOKER VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

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.

SLOW-COOKED SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Add the next 10 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until heated through. Discard bay leaf. Serve with spaghetti.