Homemade Meat Spaghetti Sauce Recipe (3 Generations)

Ingredients

• 1 whole celery (about 700 g), diced
• 8 large carrots (about 1 kg), diced
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 large Spanish onion (about 400 g), finely chopped
• Olive oil
• 550 g (1.2 lb) ground meat, pork/veal/beef blend
• 6 hot Italian sausages, cut into 3 cm (1.2 in) thick rounds
• 2 cans (796 ml / 28 oz each) diced tomatoes with Italian spices
• 2 cans (680 ml / 24 oz each) Hunts tomato sauce with fine herbs
• 1 can (680 ml / 24 oz) Catelli meat sauce (optional, or another can of Hunts tomato sauce with fine herbs)
• 4 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) dried basil
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) dried Italian spices
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) dried oregano
• 7 drops of Tabasco (to taste)
• 2 tablespoons (30 ml) sugar
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 ½ packs white mushrooms (about 340 g), halved