Pour one can whole tomatoes and one can tomato paste into blender, add all spices, blend until smooth. Pour into LARGE pot. Add remaing whole tomatoes and tomato paste to blender, blend until smooth, add to pot and stir to distribute spices. Add two and one half blenders full of water to tomato mixture. Sauce will be thin. Bring to boil then reduce to slow simmer. Simmer for 1 1/2 to two hours. Stir often from the bottom.
Meatballs
2 lbs. lean ground beef
1 egg
3/4 cup dried bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmasean cheese
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1 tblsp. sweet basil
Mix all ingredients together. Form in to balls a little smaller than golf balls and place in sauce (no browning needed). Simmer for another 1 1/2 to two hours until desired consistency of sauce is achieved.
Taste test one hour after meatballs have been added to adjust spices to your liking. Serves 10.