all day versatile sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1/2 pound beef neck bones
• 1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 3 cups water
• 1 pound lean ground beef

Recipe

• in a large pot saute onion, garlic, oregano and basil in 1 tablespoon of olive oil. add the neck bones and let simmer with the lid on until the onions are transparent. note: if using ground beef cook with onion mixture.
• once onions are clear, add the tomato sauce, tomatoes, tomato paste and water. if using meat in your recipe add at this time. cover and simmer for several hours.
• before serving, remove neck bones and discard.