Bolognese Sauce

..  a la Aideen.

For this sauce I use fresh tomatoes, a jar of ready made pasta sauce such as Neuman's own or any you fancy yourself, and McCormick's sauce mix, plus assorted seasonings.  I like the mixture of flavors it produces.  See what you think.

Ready to eat

Ingredients:

quarter cup of olive oil
6 cloves of garlic
2 cups of chopped onion
half a green bell pepper chopped
half a red bell pepper chopped
12 roma tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1 pound of ground bison
1 pound of ground beef
1 large carrot grated
8 ounces of shallots chopped
2 cups of mushrooms chopped
3 x 14 ounce cans of peeled and chopped tomatoes
1 x 12 ounce can of tomato paste
1 jar of ready made pasta sauce
half a bottle of red wine
2 packets of McCormicks thick and zesty spagetti sauce mix
1 tablespoon of ground paprika
1 tablespoon of italian seasoning
1 teaspoon of salt
fresh ground pepper
1 cup of chopped fresh parsley
half a can of black olives halved (approximately 1 cup)
2 sachets / cubs of beef stock

Method:

heat the oil in a large skillet
add the crushed garlic
add the finely chopped onions and mushrooms
when cooked, but not browned remove from skillet
add the meat and brown
add paprika
add the cooked onions and mushrooms
add italian seasoning
stir
add the chopped vegetables and stir
add the canned tomatoes, pasta sauce and tomato paste
stir well
add wine and bring to a boil
reduce heat and add salt, pepper and McCormicks sauce mix
bring back to a boil
add oilves and chopped parsley
stir well
simmer for 1 hour.

ready to cook

This makes approximately 15 servings and freezes well, in fact I think it tastes better after it has been frozen.