Brown your ground beef in a pan or skillet. You can rinse it if you like, I do not.

Transfer the cooked ground beef to your slow cooker.

I pop my tomatoes in a blender before adding them. I am not a tomato fan, chunks are not my thing so blending works for me. You do not need to if you like chunky sauce.

Add those tomatoes whether you blended them or not. Just pour them over the meat in the slow cooker.

Now add your sugar and stir it all up nicely.

Now you can add all your spices. Feel free to use less or more of any of these. Cooking is personal so personalize it!!!

Cut the ends off your garlic and peel 3 to 4 cloves (I used 4). Now take a garlic press and, well, press them. Toss that into your sauce.

Now add your beef stock. Stir it in so it all mixes well.

Add one can of paste after about 2 hours.

Then add another can about an hour before the sauce is done.

I cooked mine on low for about 5 hours. You can cook it for less or more. Just pay attention to it to make sure the sides aren’t getting burned or over-browned. Every crock pot is a bit different. So I suggest doing an hourly check after the 2 hour mark.

Once it’s done you are ready to cook up some noodles of your choice to go with it. I chose spaghetti noodles this time.

Make sure you remove your bay leaves before serving.

Serve with a big old saucy smile!