[Shajen]

Shajen's spaghetti and meat sauce: (I prefer to use a pressure cooker for this recipe)

2/3rds of a lb ground beef
1/2 lb italian sausage
half of one red onion-chopped
6 garlic cloves-minced
1 cup celery-finely chopped
1 cup water
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
1/8 teaspoon red pepper
1 teaspoon parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon sweet basil
1/4 teaspoon thyme
2 teaspoons sugar
tabasco to taste
salt and pepper to taste
16 ounce diced tomatoes (I don't use the entire can, you can tell how much to use based on the meat in the sauce)

brown the sausage and ground beef. Add the onion and garlic about half way through, drain and put in the pressure cooker.

Add the remainder of the ingredients minus the tomato paste. Cook in the pressure cooker until the regulator is rocking back and forth for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool the cooker rapidly by placing under luke warm water until it is safe to remove the lid.

Add the tomato paste and stir til it thickens.

Cook the spaghetti noodles as directed.

This is really good and takes about 30 minutes total time if you have any sort of culinary skill.