Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

By nancyjcanzi

Ingredients

• 1 pound mild or hot Italian sausage 3/4 pound lean ground beef
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 cups Ready-To-Eat Cereal Rice Krispies®
• 2 cans no-added-salt diced tomatoes (14 1/2 ounces each)
• 2 cans no-added-salt tomato sauce (8ounces each) 1 can sliced mushrooms, drained (4 ounces)
• 1 tablespoon dried Italian seasoning*
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds, crushed (optional)** 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

1In large skillet cook sausage until brown. Drain off fat. Place sausage in 4-to 5-quart crockery cooker.2In same skillet cook ground beef, onion and garlic until beef is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat. Add ground beef mixture to sausage in crockery cooker. Stir in Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal, undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, mushrooms, Italian seasoning, fennel (if desired) and pepper. Cover and cook on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours or on low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours.3Stir meat mixture. Serve over hot cooked spaghetti.