Italian Sausage Spaghetti Sauce

Submitted by:  Tenille Slack

(my brother-in-law, who comes from a family of good cooks, made up this recipe)

Ingredients:

1 pound ground Italian Sausage, break into small pieces

4 cans Italian Diced Tomatoes

**pour the 4 cans into a strainer.  Let most of the juices drain out, but DO NOT Rinse**

1 small can tomato paste

3-4  8oz. cans tomato sauce

Packet of fresh basil - chopped

Place all the ingredients in a crock pot and let cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.  You may place sausage in crock pot raw and allow to cook with other ingredients, or you may brown it first in a fry pan and then add to crock pot.