Basic Tomato Meat Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. olive oil
1/2 c. (1 medium) chopped onion
1/2 lb. ground chuck
7 c. (2 to 2 1/2 cans) tomatoes, sieved
1 Tbsp. salt
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. sweet basil or oregano
3/4 c. (6 oz. can) tomato sauce

Preparation

Heat olive oil in saucepot.
Add onion and cook until lightly browned.
Add and brown ground chuck.
Add slowly, a mixture of tomatoes, salt, bay leaf and sweet basil or oregano.
Cover saucepot and simmer over very low heat about 2 1/2 hours.
Add tomato sauce.