Comments on: Our Favorite Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

By: ChristyACB

ChristyACB — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:10:52 +0000

Great tip on the small amount of sauce mixed with noodles. It would definitely make a better looking plate..less pasty.

It gets even more economical when you can up your own fresh garden tomatoes and use home grown onions. Delicious!

My favorite, non-economical add-in is to use Portabella mushrooms instead of meat for a truly fantastic flavor profile that is more than one-note. Good stuff!

thanks

By: FrugalWorld

FrugalWorld — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:51:14 +0000

Sounds great, and the price is definitely right. I’m adding a few cents to it by using real garlic though. :-)

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:07:53 +0000

I have mixed my noodles and sauce in the crockpot and turned it on low – (because all of it was cooked before I put it in there :) ) It really made it a tasty dish – thanks for sharing.

By: Hope is the Word

Hope is the Word — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:06:54 +0000

I, too, like the idea of mixing the sauce with the noodles. Great idea and lovely photo!

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:05:37 +0000

Now I’m hungry! It looks so good. I like adding well cooked chick peas to my pasta sauce. Another little trick I like to use is adding some of the cooking water (from the pasta) to the pasta sauce this works great if your sauce is a little to thick. This seems to happen to me quite often because I tend to cook the sauce all day long.

By: Milehimama

Milehimama — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:04:51 +0000

I like the idea for mixing sauce in with the noodles – I’ll have to try that!

For a different flavor, or if you really need to stretch the meat, small white beans (like navy beans) work very well with spaghetti sauce. Just make sure they are cooked to your liking before adding to the tomato sauce – the acid will keep them from getting soft.