{"id":1985,"date":"2026-02-24T23:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:04:34","slug":"slow-cooker-ground-beef-with-tomato-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/slow-cooker-ground-beef-with-tomato-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Slow Cooker Ground Beef with Tomato Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Slow Cooker Ground Beef with Tomato Sauce<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1.5 pounds (about 700g) ground beef<\/li>\n<li>1 medium onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 green bell pepper, chopped (optional)<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>2 cups tomato sauce or marinara sauce<\/li>\n<li>1 small jar (24 oz) pasta sauce (like Ragu or any brand)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon onion powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon Italian seasoning<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon olive oil (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>For extra flavor, brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat with a little olive oil. Drain excess fat.<br \/>\n(You can skip this step and add raw beef directly to the slow cooker if preferred.)<\/li>\n<li>Place the ground beef in the slow cooker.<\/li>\n<li>Add chopped onion, green bell pepper, and minced garlic.<\/li>\n<li>Pour in the tomato sauce and pasta sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Add all seasonings and mix well.<\/li>\n<li>Cover and cook:\n<ul>\n<li>On <strong>LOW<\/strong> for 6\u20138 hours<br \/>\nOR<\/li>\n<li>On <strong>HIGH<\/strong> for 3\u20134 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Stir well before serving and adjust salt if needed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u00a0Serving Ideas:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Serve over spaghetti or any pasta<\/li>\n<li>Use for lasagna filling<\/li>\n<li>Make sloppy joe sandwiches<\/li>\n<li>Serve over white rice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Slow Cooker Ground Beef with Tomato Sauce \u00a0Ingredients: 1.5 pounds (about 700g) ground beef 1 medium onion, chopped 1 green&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1987,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions\/1987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}