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Uber Meaty Spaghetti Sauce and Cheesy Garlic Biscuits

Serves 10 hungry people.

Preheat Oven to 450.

Ingredients for Uber Meaty Spaghetti Sauce:

1 lb Ground Beef

1 lb Italian Sausage

2 1/2 TBSP Worchestershire Sauce

1 Large Diced Onion

2 tsp Salt

1 TBSP Minced Garlic

1 TBSP Basil

1 28 oz Can Peeled Crushed Tomatoes

1 28 oz Can of Water (not pictured)

1 6 oz can Tomato Paste

1 14.5 oz can Diced Tomatoes

1 8 oz can Tomato Sauce

1 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil (not pictured...it was being shy)

2 TBSP Basil

1 TBSP Garlic Powder

1 TBSP Oregano

1 TBSP Italian Seasoning

2 1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 cup Grape Jelly

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Ingredients for Cheesy Garlic Biscuits:

2 cups All Purpose Baking Mix

2/3 cup Milk (not pictured)

1 1/2 cups Shredded Cheese

1/2 cup Melted Butter

1 TBSP Garlic Powder

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Ok so let's start making our Uber Meaty Spaghetti Sauce. Using your hands squish up the Ground Beef with the Italian Sausage, kinda like you used to do with your Play-Dough when you were a kid. Feel the meat. Love the meat. If you're squeemish about touching meat (ah-hem...Alicia) then you can skip this step and just throw the Ground Beef and the Italian Sausage into a pot. Then toss in the:

2 1/2 TBSP Worchestershire Sauce

1 Large Diced Onion

2 tsp Salt

1 TBSP Minced Garlic

1 TBSP Basil

Stir it all up until its nice and brown.

Now throw in the:

1 28 oz Can Peeled Crushed Tomatoes

1 28 oz Can of Water

1 6 oz can Tomato Paste

1 14.5 oz can Diced Tomatoes

1 8 oz can Tomato Sauce

Look at all that Tomatoy Goodness.

Now shake in all those amazing seasonings...

1 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2 TBSP Basil

1 TBSP Garlic Powder

1 TBSP Oregano

1 TBSP Italian Seasoning

2 1/2 tsp Salt

Look at the whirlpool of spices in there!

Now we cannot forget this!

It's the secret ingredient...and for all of you doubting Thomases out there....STOP IT! Don't even think about not putting it in....just do it...you'll like it I promise!

1/2 cup of Grape Jelly goes into the pot!

Ahhhh...behold the Isle of Grape.

Now stick a lid on it and simmer at medium for at least an hour (the longer it simmers the yummier it will be!). Stir every 15 minutes or so.

Note: You can also stick this recipe in a Crockpot and just leave it all day. Just add another 1/2 28 oz can of water and set the Crockpot to High for 1 hour and then Low for the rest of the time. (I stick it in before church and its perfectly tasty when we eat it about 5 hrs later.)

Time for the Cheesy Garlic Biscuits!

Now I cannot claim this recipe. I fell in love with it at a dinner with the Jen Hawes clan and knew I had to have it. They taste just like those amazing Red Lobster biscuits and they're SO EASY! Just throw in:

2 cups All Purpose Baking Mix

2/3 cup milk

1 1/2 cups Shredded Cheese

Stir!

Plop on a cookie sheet!

And bake at 450 for 8-10 minutes!

Now when they're good and baked mix together your melted butter and garlic powder and brush the buttery goodness over the tops of the biscuits.

That's it!

Now let's check out our spaghetti! I just throw in some pasta (choose your favorite) and cook it for 15-20 minutes. We like ours a little al dente (which literally means "with teeth" in Latin and just means a bit chewy). And then scoop a WHOLE bunch of sauce on top.

The biscuits make the meal SO MUCH better!

Try them together for dinner TONIGHT!! DO IT!!