My Marinara Sauce

1. Melt butter in a large skillet and saute onion, green pepper, and garlic until onion is translucent.
2. In a food processor or blender puree 2 cans of the diced tomatoes.
3. In a crock pot put all tomato ingredients, onion mixture, and seasonings.
4. Cook on High for 4 hours, stirring about every hour.
5. After 4 hours of cooking taste sauce and add more salt and garlic powder to your liking.
6. Lower the temp to Low and cook for at least 4 more hours more. The longer the better here, people.
7. If adding cooked meatballs or ground beef to this, add it about 2 hours before you want to serve, bringing the heat back to High, so the sauce has time to heat back to a low boil.