Meat Sauce for Lasagna and Spaghetti

I make lasagna and spaghetti a couple of times a month.  This is my favorite meat sauce.  I add a pound of hot Italian sausage (and enough water so it can simmer down for 2 or more hours) and otherwise, it is perfect!  This makes enough for one 8" x 8" pan of lasagna and a couple servings of spaghetti. I use half for lasagna and then freeze the other half for spaghetti in the future.

For the lasagna, I use The Pioneer Woman's recipe for the cheese layers and assembly.