Sugar is added to many commercially prepared sauces. To help to keep the fresher taste, the tomatoes could be run through a Villaware/Roma food strainer to extract all the pulp and bypass the seeds and skins. I also cut them in half and dig out most of the watery liquid befoore ruuning through the food strainer. This will yield a thicker sauce without a lot of cooking to reduce it down. When serving, the meat would be sauted with onions and peppers beforehand, and then added to the sauce. I think this would be the best of both worlds. Fresh flavors can't really be obtained by home canning, but this method gets quite close. You could also freeze sauce too.

I got a very good recipe for spagahetti sauce email me tractorman@charter.net

You should only can spaghetti sauce from a reliable source, where the recipe has be safety tested.
You can find a good one here :

Here is a link that might be useful: Spaghetti sauce with meat.

Thanks Ken - no sugar for sure.

Linda Lou - Thats why I came here, for a safe recipe. I will not be canning the sauce with meat or anything else for that matter. Just wanted to know which sauce recipe was the favorite for that "fresh tomatoe taste". I do not like a thick pastey sauce.

Consider using the BBB recipe for Stewed Tomatoes for the family in group 1 and add them to the cooked ground beef at prep time.

They include all the ingredients you list and you can add the garlic but they do require pressure canning. It would be a thinner chunky sauce or you could puree the jar after opening and then add it to the meat for a smooth but still thinner sauce.

BBB also has a good Spicey Tomato Sauce recipe or you could try NCHFP Tomato Vegetable Juice blend recipe and cook it down to sauce level prior to canning.

Any of the sauce recipes only have to be cooked down to the level you want since you don't like a thick sauce.

Dave

The same link I sent has one without meat, too.
The other suggestion of the seasoned tomato sauce, spicy tomato sauce, or the stewed tomatoes are also good ideas.
I am sure you will find one that you like.

I did not even think of stewed tomatoes. My mother used to do them with sugar and I hated them, so the words stewed tomatoes are not even in my vocabulary, but I think that might be exactly what I am looking for. Will try and thanks.

The sugar is optional so leave it out if you want. :)

Most 'stewed' tomatoes also contain onions, peppers, and celery. I don't add sugar unless I want a sweet sauce and thats rare for prepared tomatoes.

The celery in the BBB recipe for Stewed Tomatoes can safely be left out as well as the sugar.

Dave