Homemade Spaghetti Meat Sauce

1 lb Lean ground beef ( or 2 lbs ground beef if not using sausage)
1 lb mild Italian Sausage
1 large sweet onion diced
6 cloves of garlic (4 diced/2 whole)
8 oz sliced mushrooms (optional)
3 large (28 oz) cans of puréed tomatoes or 15 med fresh tomatoes diced (seeds and all)
4 T Italian Seasoning
1/2 t cinnamon
1 T pepper
1 1/2 T brown sugar
Find of Parmesan Cheese or about 1/3 C
Salt to taste

In large pot ... Sauté onion in about 2 T of EVOO for 5 minutes on medium heat, add mushrooms cook another 3 to 5 minutes, add diced garlic cook another 2 minutes remove from pan and set aside. Add meat and brown, add Italian seasoning and mix well, add onion mixture, tomatoes, whole garlic cloves, cinnamon, pepper and sugar. Simmer on low heat for a couple of hours, add cheese rind and simmer another 10 minutes or until melted ... serve as with favorite pasta. Leftovers may be frozen ... makes 4 to 5 quarts ... its even better the day after, so make it a day in advance!!!!