spaghetti sauce in the crockpot
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
September 29, 2017 7:01pm CST
In an effort to make my day easier, I'm simmering spaghetti sauce in the crockpot right now.
Only this isn't "from scratch" sauce. Or, not really.
I've poured a jar of sauce into the crockpot. I'm going to add some precooked meat to it in a bit, and now I don't have to worry about watching the stove with small kids underfoot, and only have to cook pasta shortly before dinner. I'm considering this an act of genius and not of laziness.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
30 Sep 17
YES I agree! I never thoght about the sauce in a crock, thats brilliant!
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
30 Sep 17
I was able to get it started a whole lot earlier too, when they were out of the house and I had a few minutes quiet.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
30 Sep 17
@andriaperry It was about 30 minutes, and all too brief, but I got it. 
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
2 Oct 17
@spiderdust I have a Crockpot and a slow-cooker. I don't know the difference, but I'm shipping one to our place in Florida. Plan to do your sauce!!!!
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
2 Oct 17
@DianneN Crockpot is a slow cooker brand name, but a lot of people just call all of them "crockpot". I actually have both a Crockpot and a Hamilton-Beech slow cooker. 
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
2 Oct 17
I'm definitely doing it again! It worked out great.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
1 Oct 17
I can't believe I never did this before.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
1 Oct 17
Oh my sounds so delicious!!!
Wish I still had a crock pot.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
2 Oct 17
I actually have three, two programmable 6 qt ones and a small 2 qt one.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
30 Sep 17
My girlfriend makes sauce in the crockpot a lot.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
30 Sep 17
@spiderdust - Both. It just depends on which she feels like doing.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
30 Sep 17
From scratch, or does she do my cheater's method?
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
30 Sep 17
Sounds like a good plan and an awesome meal.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
30 Sep 17
I put a simple salad on the side, plus carrot and celery sticks for the kids who turn their noses up at salad.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
30 Sep 17
@Happy2BeMe Strangely it's my pickiest stepchild who loves salad!
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
30 Sep 17
@spiderdust lol yes most kids will do that
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
30 Sep 17
I'd have to heat up the sauce anyway, and this saves me space on the stove too.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
30 Sep 17
I love adding mushrooms, but I'm met with torches and pitchforks if anyone recognizes one in the sauce. When I have them, I blitz them in the food processor and saute them along with the ground beef. It adds the flavor, but no one can tell them apart from the beef.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
30 Sep 17
In this case, it gave me more time to sit down and rest a bit. 
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
30 Sep 17
I love hamburg and sauce with spaghetti.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
30 Sep 17
That's what we had, although I had some browned Italian sausage too.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
7 Nov 17
Very interesting. I have never made spaghetti or sauce in the crock pot. I read once that meatloaf can be made in the crock pot but so far have not tried.
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
8 Nov 17
@spiderdust
Thanks Kelli, maybe I should not do meatloaf in the crockpot then. I got ground beef but instead of making meatloaf I will make sloppy joes.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
9 Nov 17
@Hannihar I still think it's worth giving a try.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
7 Nov 17
I've done it, but prefer meatloaf baked in the oven. It tends to "steam" rather than roast in the Crock-Pot.
