Italian Spaghetti - Meat Sauce

Ingredients	Instructions
1 chopped onion 3 T. cooking oil 3/4 lb. ground beef 1/4 lb. ground pork 1 - No. 2 can tomatoes (Contadina) 2 - 6 oz. Cans tomato paste 2 cups water 1 t. salt 1/2 t. Pepper 1 bay leaf 1 T. sugar	Cook onion in hot oil, add meat & cook until white. Add tomatoes and tomato paste, water, sugar, salt, pepper and bay leaf. Cook slowly for 1 hour. Note: I never use the ground pork and usually use 1 1/2 lbs. ground chuck because we like the sauce meaty. Also, I saute fresh garlic with the onion and add additional spices: oregano, basil and italian seasoning - to taste.