Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce & Homemade Pasta (...and the winner is...) Recipe

I love adore Italian food. That explain why I can't stick to a no-carb diet. To me, pasta is a vehicle for sauces. It's also a fool-proof way to clean out my vegetable bin. I have only one off spring-- a boy 22 year old son. Living with my husband and son, pasta is something I make year-round. Now that I've mastered making a quick marinara sauce, I don't buy bottled spaghetti sauce. Amen to that! I've always wanted to make Bolognese sauce. This sauce is simmered, long and slow, for hours. I'm not opposed to doing that, but my slow cooker has been sitting idle for a very long time Enter the test kitchen at Cook's Illustrated--who also produces one of my favorite cooking magazines, "Cook's Country "--and I finally made the…