Crockpot Bowtie Pasta

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Ingredients

• 1½ lbs. lean ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped (optional…my family doesn't like onion)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1  12 oz. Can tomato paste w/ 4 cans of water...
• 1 lg.  can stewed tomatoes (I use crushed Tomatoes) 
• 1 tsp. parsley flakes
• 1 tsp. Italian seasoning (or 1 tsp.  dry basil and 1/2 tsp. fennel seed, and small pinch red pepper flakes) 
• 1 Tbs. Sugar
• salt/pepper
• 10 oz. frozen spinach, thawed (I used fresh spinach) (optional)
• 16 oz. bowtie pasta, cooked
• ½ cup parmesan cheese, shredded
• 2  cups  mozzarella, shredded

Directions

*Brown ground beef with onion and garlic. Put in crock-pot and add sauce, tomatoes and seasonings. Cook for 6-7 hours on low. Add the last 4 ingredients during the last 30 minutes of cooking and turn crock-pot to high. I added the fresh spinach, pasta, parmesan and 1 cup of the mozzarella and I mixed it all up really well. Then I added the last 1 cup of mozzarella to melt on the top.