Karen's Spaghetti with meat sauce

I LOVE this spaghetti sauce! I will be honest with you, one time when Mom was making this I ate about a bowl full (one spoonfull at a time while it was simmering). I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Karen's Saghetti with Meat Sauce

2 lbs ground beef

1 med onion - Finely Chopped

1 large green bell pepper - Finely Chopped

2 15oz tomato sauce

2 12oz tomato paste

2 1.5oz envelopes Italian style spaghetti sauce mix

3 cups water

1 Tbsp sugar

1 tsp oregano

2 cloves garlic - Crushed

1 bay leaf - crumbled

Cook meat, onions and pepper until meat is brown and onion and peppers are tender.

Stir in the rest of the ingredients.
Cover and simmer on low for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occaconly.

I serve mine over Spaghetti Squash, if using pasta cook accourding to package.

Enjoy!

Grandma's Taco Salad

This was one of my favorite dinners growing up. I loved everything about it: the taste, that it was always served in the big green Tupperware bowl, the way Grandma shook up the dressing in a Mason jar and let me shake it up too and the way that our family almost finished the whole thing!

Grandma's Taco Salad

1 Package of 3 Romain Hearts - Chopped

1 Onion - Chopped
4 Tomatoes - Chopped
1/2 lb Cheddar Cheese - Grated

1 lb ground beef - Fried

1 15oz can of Kidney beans - Drained and Rinsed
1 Package of tortilla chips - Crushed

Dressing

1 Can Tomato soup
3/4 C Vinegar

2 Tbsp onion - Chopped

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp paprika
1 C vegetable oil
1/2 C sugar

Blend together in blender, if making ahead put in something you can shake it up in, so oil doesn't settle. Grandma used a Mason jar.

Put all salad ingredients in a big bowl and mix in dressing and mix it all together.

Enjoy!