Crockpot Turkey Meat Sauce

The crockpot or the slow cooker is the easiest and healthiest modern day method of cooking that saves time. Some recipes are not good for using the crockpot method, but most of the recipes for simple meals are good. Especially, all sauces can be created by using the crockpot and are perfectly good because the simmering is better for the sauce and meat to "mingle" their flavors. Today, I will introduce the spaghetti meat sauce using turkey for the clean meat and ready-made tomato sauce or marinara sauce to increase the flavor for this dish. I add fresh herbs, such as fresh parsley, oregano, and thyme since all these wonderful herbs are growing beautifully in my garden. However, the ready-made sauce already has plenty of flavor and dry herbs can be used. Make plenty of sauce ahead of time and freeze it as well. I also use the spaghetti squash to make the sauce even healthier for my family.

Ingredients:
1 lb. of ground turkey or chicken
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup button mushrooms, roughly chopped
1 tsp salt
Equal 1 tbs quantities of fresh thyme, parsley, and oregano
1 jar (16 oz) marinara sauce

Serve with cooked spaghetti squash noodles* or pasta noodles

Directions:
Oil the crockpot.  Break up the meat with a fork.

Add meat and the rest of the ingredients into the slow cooker. Cover and turn to cook for 4 to 8 hours.

*To cook the spaghetti squash:
Bake, steam, or boil the spaghetti squash until done. piercing the skin a few times with a skewer or fork. Then cut in half to reveal the flesh that resembles a mass of spaghetti-like strands.

Scrape this out of the skin, and then toss the strands with spaghetti sauce.