Great recipe. I omitted the sausage, doubled the ground beef and used 3 crushed garlic cloves instead of garlic salt.

Amazing! Had to improvise on the Italian Seasoning, but this is now a staple in our house. We make it at least once a week.

This recipe is good even if you don't have a dutch oven. I reduced the servings to 12, used a fry pan and did a bit of jugling with the ingrediants and it turned out fine. Plus, with my method it's a bit healthier. First I fried the onions and some green bell peppers together in olive oil, drained and set aside. In the same fry pan, I put in 1/2 tblsp of low salt butter and fried the sausage and some fresh mushrooms with 1/4 tsp minced garlic, drained and set aside. Then I fried up the ground beef with a dash of salt and then drained all the oild from it. I then wiped down the fry pan with an oil absorbant sheet. Instead of Italian seasoning, I used 1 tblsp of italian dressing as an oil base and added in cut fresh tomato instead of the canned. I added the ground beef, onions, and sausage mixtures together, seasoned them with pepper, parsley, sugar and some basil. After seasoning I added the can of tomato paste. Finally I added 1 tsp of corn startch to make it more sticky and less watery. Lastly I added 2 tblsp of paremesan cheese, mixed until blended and let simmer for 10 minutes. It was still a tiny bit watery in consistancy, but not soupy. I live in Japan, so I had to imrovise my technique. Hope this helps anyone else who lives in an area where not all ingrediants are available to you.

Really good, very filling..

Had this sauce for dinner tonight. Very tasty...but I thought a little on the salty side. Next time I'll use garlice powder or minced garlic instead of the garlic salt. I also noticed when I put the sauce over my noodles, water seemed to separate from the sauce. Could cutting back a little on the water added help any? All in all very tasty recipe...I will make it again.

My family of 6 loves this sauce. I did add a little garlic, and used extra hot sausage. Best of all it makes enough for two meals.

Very good sauce! I also used it for lasagna.