Canned Spaghetti Sauce

I have had a few friends ask for my spaghetti recipe and I keep forgetting to get them a copy of it. So I thought it would put it here so anyone can have it.
I love my spaghetti sauce. It is adapted from a recipe that I got from a friend, Karen Ottesen and her daughter Julie. So I can't take all the credit.

Someday I may add pictures of my process but for now you just get the recipe.

Canned Spaghetti Sauce

From the kitchen of Julie Partridge to the kitchen of Karen Ottesen
Revised in the kitchen of Amber Hayden

1 bucket tomatoes finely chopped or ground (I filled my stock pot ¾ with blended tomatoes then add all of the other ingredients and then fill it to the top with more tomatoes.)

4 1/2 tsp. Bon Apetit (This is a McCormick spice)

3 3/4 tsp. Oregano

5 3/4 tsp. Garlic Powder

2 tsp. Pepper

11 3/4 tsp. Salt (this is to taste, I added only 7-8 tsp.)

8 Bay Leafs

9 Tbsp. Dried Onions or 1 Lg. onion chopped (Blended this also.)

4 - 12 oz. cans tomato paste (Don’t use the Italian flavored, it has High Fructose corn Syrup in it)

15 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil (Just under 1 cup) (I halved this and used almond oil or olive oil, they are healthier for you and have a better flavor)

2 Tbsp. Lemon Juice (use a real lemon, juiced the whole thing and added it all, minus the seeds)

7 1/2 Tbsp. Sugar (just over 1/2 cup)

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1 Green Pepper finely chopped (opt.) ( I added Carrots or other veggies on hand, blended them in the blender as well)

Simmer for 2 hours or until desired consistency. Remove bay leafs and bottle. (Stir often, every 4-5 minutes, keep on Med-low heat~4)

Bottle in quart jars. This makes 7 quarts, usually. Can in a hot water bath for 45 minute.

I am a Pro.

I am a self proclaimed Professional Procrastinator. I am really good at waiting until the last minute on something and for some strange reason things will usually get done.
I don't mean to always procrastinate. There are many times I will start things or projects early and for some reason (children, dinner, school pick up) the thing gets put on hold. Then I am finishing it later and usually last minute.
Other times there are things I plainly do not want to do, so I wait on them and then I find that either it didn't really matter in the first place and it doesn't get done at all or someone else does it (sorry) or I get it done at the last minute and wish I would have done it sooner so I didn't waste so much time worrying about it.
So today for my first post (which should have been months ago, because I started this blog in the September and it is now December, see another something I get to procrastinate, my blog.) OK for my first blog, I will tell you what I am working on.
Christmas Presents- This cannot be put off too long, it has a definite deadline.
Decorating the House for Christmas- getting there, one tub at a time.
Our yearly family Newsletter: there have been years that this was not sent until Valentines day.
My other blog: HeyHaydenFamily
Crafts: blocks, flower barrettes, etc.  
My oldest baptism day and 8th birthday. Yeah, it's stressing me out.
Scrap booking, my youngest, who is now 3 just got home from the hospital in his scrapbook. I'm a bit behind.

Ok, so this is not a complete list but you get the idea. Someday I hope that it will all be completed, but I know it wont be, because I will just keep adding things to the list. Some of you may think that I could remove some of these things and I probably could, but they are important to me, or they are things I enjoy.
First and foremost, the most important things in my life are my Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. The next is my family. I love them so dearly and they are the "things" that take up most of my time. It is all worth it.