homemade pasta sauce

These roll-ups filled with spinach and lemon ricotta and topped with melty mozzarella are WAY easier to make than lasagna. Plus, everyone get their own perfect serving. (No more fighting for the edges!)

Easy Spinach Lasagna Rolls

olive oil

onion, chopped

Kosher salt

black pepper

garlic,

tomato paste

tomatoes

c. basil

Cooking spray

lasagna noodles

(16-oz.) container ricotta

(10-oz.) box frozen spinach, thawed, wrung out, and chopped

c. Parmesan,

basil,

lemon

c. marinara sauce

c. mozzarella

How often do you eat pasta during the week?

Very tasty, however the amount of cheese stuffing and sauce is a little less than I'd like.  I planned to do a double recipe and had only enough sauce and cheese filling to do a large baking pan and four extra rolls.  I had leftover noodles, about 5. (However I like alot of stuffing and cheese) Also the cheese on the topping melted and fell to the sides.  That's prob my fault I left a tiny amount of room to easily dish single rolls.  

I really like how easy it is to serve and how easy it is to divide up for lunches and stuff.  My eight year old who is a picky eater loved it.  Will most likely make it again.  Was fun and easy.

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The easiest and best way to make shrimp tonight.

Shrimp Scampi Roll-Ups Will Make You See Lasagna Noodles in a Whole New Light!

Taste the difference with Homemade Spaghetti Sauce from Delish.com.

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

butter

onion,

basil

garlic cloves,

red pepper flakes

Overall great!, I made it twice with both salted and unsalted butter and it was fantastic both times, my children love it and even help me make it,just so they can serve more to themselves :)

So delicious!  I did not add basil or the pepper flakes, but I did throw in 2 smashed garlic cloves along with the salt.

OMG my Grandfather is rolling over in his grave

My family's secret homemade spaghetti sauce is easy to make using a few staple ingredients you may already have on hand! Perfectly thick and packed with flavor, you'll be ditching that store bought pasta sauce! 

Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Recipe 

extra virgin olive oil

yellow onion, grated

garlic cloves, finely minced

oz canned crushed tomatoes

water (pasta cooking water, preferred)

Kosher salt and black pepper

oregano

tsp sweet Spanish paprika

red pepper flakes, optional

basil, packed, torn

parsley,

In a large pan heat the extra virgin olive oil over medium heat until just shimmering. Add the onions, garlic, and finely grated carrots. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring regularly until softened.

Add the crushed tomatoes and about 1/2 cup water. Add a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Stir in oregano, paprika, crushed pepper flakes, if using. Finally, stir in the fresh basil and parsley.

Bring the sauce to a boil, then turn heat to low. Cover and let simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes. Check partway through, and if you feel the sauce is too thick, you can add a bit more water (preferably some of your pasta cooking water). When sauce is ready, throw in more fresh basil, if you like.

 If serving for dinner, add cooked pasta of your choice to the sauce. Mix to combine and let the pasta cook in the sauce over low heat for about 5 minutes.

Really enjoyed the simple sauce especially since I had everything at home. 
I will try making it with meat next time to change it up. Thank you for another amazing recipe.

This is a pre-production comment: I'm choosing to make this recipe rather than some other because other spaghetti sauce recipes I looked at (5) called for sugar, which is annoyingly ubiquitous in American cuisine. Using carrots instead just sounds so preferable - still sweet and far more healthy and nutritious. Thanks for that!  BTW, one can always adjust the amount of garlic/herbs in a recipe to taste, but 3 cloves is definitely NOT too much for me:)

Loved it! I don’t like cooked carrots, surprisingly I couldn’t taste it, it was so good! Thank you!

Wow!  This came out so tasty and it was super simple to make.  Thank you!!

Truly appreciate for making one of my favorite sauce. Everything is so nicely described that really helped me to make this at home. Thanks for the inspiration.

Amazing amazing amazing sauce! Thank you for sharing!

Honestly the best spaghetti sauce i came across so far. Thanks so much!! Its thick but not too thick, simple ingredients and tasty. Definitely gonna be using for my pasta always

Could I substitute the 1/2 cup of water with 1/2 red wine? Also I only have baby carrots. How many baby carrots is equivalent to 2 normal carrots you think? I love that your recipe uses carrots for sweetness AND thickening.

This recipe was easy to make. I also, added mushrooms in my bullet then added them to the sauce. 
I cant wait to serve it up tonight.

This flavorful spaghetti sauce from scratch is the only spaghetti sauce recipe you'll ever need! When its fabulous aroma fills your kitchen you'll experience warm feelings of happiness knowing you're preparing a healthy wholesome meal for your family.

Spaghetti Sauce from Scratch

beef

Italian sausage

yellow onion, chopped

green bell pepper, chopped

garlic cloves, pressed

mushrooms,

Italian parsley, chopped

tomato sauce

beef broth

organic apple cider vinegar or red wine

sugar

sea salt

thyme

cloves

bay leaves

Garnishes: Italian parsley and parmesan cheese

spaghetti

In a heavy pan with lid, cook the ground beef and Italian sausage over medium heat. While browning the meat, use a wooden spatula to break it up into small pieces. Once the meat is fully cooked, drain off all the fat.

With the cooked meat still in the pan, add in the olive oil, onion, celery, bell pepper and garlic. Continue cooking until the veggies are tender. Add in the canned mushrooms (drained), Italian parsley, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, beef broth, apple cider vinegar, sugar, all of the spices and the bay leaves. Stir well until all ingredients are fully incorporated. Bring the spaghetti sauce to a brief boil, then cover the pot with a lid and dial down the heat to low. Allow the meat sauce to continue to simmer for 2-1/2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally.

Remove the two bay leaves from the pot. If desired, sprinkle the sauce with a bit of additional fresh parsley and parmesan cheese. Serve over spaghetti or your favorite pasta. This homemade spaghetti sauce is also perfect for making lasagna.

I have spent a lot of time adding and subtracting from recipes to find the best homemade sauce and just let me tell you how I will NEVER have to do that again!!!! This is the ABSOLUTE BEST  spaghetti sauce I have ever tasted!  After I added the vinegar and beef broth I was wondering how that might work...GREAT!!!

Made this for the first time. It was very good. My gf doesn’t care for spaghetti much, but she ate it all as well as used her roll to clean off her plate. This is a keeper for sure.

This amazing meat sauce recipe hails from my father-in-law&#x27;s kitchen and is everyone&#x27;s favorite. It&#x27;s thick, hearty, and has phenomenal flavor thanks to a combination of beef, veal, and pork.

The Best Meat Sauce

pork

veal

onion

garlic (minced)

Salt and pepper (to taste)

red wine

tomato puree

Heat the olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. When it is shimmering, add the ground beef, pork and veal, and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until the meat is browned.

Add the onion and garlic to the meat mixture and sauté, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent, about 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in the dried basil and season with salt and pepper.

Stir in the red wine and let simmer for about 1 minute, until mostly evaporated.

Reduce the heat to low and add the crushed tomatoes and tomato puree to the pot, stirring to incorporate. Reduce the heat to the lowest simmer possible, and place a lid on the pot slightly ajar. Simmer for 2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally.

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This homemade meat sauce is the BEST! It’s thick, hearty, and uses a combination of beef, pork and veal for phenomenal flavor.

The Best Meat Sauce, Ever

 This Easy Homemade Pasta Sauce recipe is a great way to use all those fresh veggies in your garden! Not into canning? No worries, this sauce can be frozen in Ziploc bags as well!

Homemade Pasta Sauce

lbs tomatoes (I used mostly Roma)

onions (medium - chopped)

red bell pepper (chopped)

vegetable oil

salt

tsp black pepper

tbsp sugar

parsley

tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

Worcestershire sauce

lemon juice

First we are going to remove the skins.  Get a pot of water boiling and prepare an ice bath {a large bowl  filled with ice and water}.  Submerge the tomatoes {5-6 at a time} in the boiling water for about 45 seconds.  Immediately remove to the ice bath.  The skin can now be removed very easily - most of my tomato skins just slid right off!

Next up is removing the seeds and excess tomato juice.  I'm sure there is a more technical way to do this, such as cutting open the tomatoes and scraping the seeds out, but how I actually did it was to use my hands to open the tomato up and shake those seeds out.  Once I removed the seeds and squeezed the tomatoes to get rid of the juice,  I placed the tomatoes into a colander so more tomato juice could drip out.  Why get rid of the tomato juice?  Because we're looking for a nice thick sauce and the longer you cook the tomatoes letting the juices evaporate, the more vitamins we lose from the tomatoes.  By ridding the tomatoes of excess liquids early on, we actually cut down on the cooking time and increase the nutritional value of the sauce.  Pretty smart huh?

Saute the onions and peppers in the oil in a large pot for several  minutes until they are translucent and soft.  Add in the garlic and saute for another few minutes.

Add the tomatoes and let them cook for 10-15 minutes before adding all the other ingredients.  Stir to combine and let simmer until the sauce has cooked down to your desired thickness.  If you want to use a masher to speed the break-down of the tomatoes that's totally fine.  Mine took a little over an hour to get nice and thick but it will totally depend on the type of tomatoes you are using and the amount of liquid you start with.

Before canning it's important to sterilize every utensil, jar, and lid you will be using.  I read a lot about people using their dishwasher but I like to see my water boiling so I know it's really doing what it's supposed to.  I used my canning bath to sanitize my jars and then it was ready to go for the actual canning process.

Once everything has been sterilized you will want to set up your jars and funnel.  The jars should still be warm/hot and the sauce going into it should be hot as well.  Get the canning bath up to a full boil while you are filling your jars.  I found the funnel to be indispensable.  It made the process so easy and kept the mess to a minimum. {Trust me, there is enough of a mess with all those tomato skins!}  Note:  If you are freezing your sauce, just let the sauce cool and ladle into freezer bags, remove all the air, and freeze.

Once the jars have been filled to within 1/4 inch from the top, wipe the top of the jar with a towel to remove any sauce that may get in the way of a tight seal.  Place the lid on and hand-tighten the ring.  Now the filled jars go into the canner where they need to be covered with at least 1 inch of water - the more the better!  Keep that water boiling for the entire duration of the process.  For pints you need to have the jars in a boiling water bath for 35 minutes and 40 minutes for quarts.  If at any time the water stops boiling for any reason, start your time over again.

When the time is up lift the jars out of the water using jar tongs and let them cool. DO NOT touch the jars, bump the jars, move the jars, for 24 HOURS.  The rings can then be removed or loosened so they do not rust in place.  Once the jars have cooled you can verify that they have sealed properly by checking to see if the lid has been sucked down.  Press lightly in the center and if the lid pops up and down - it did not seal.  Put the jar immediately into the fridge and you can still use it.  All of mine successfully sealed so you shouldn't have a problem.

This Healthy Alfredo Sauce is a lightened up version of a classic (helloooo only 130 calories per serving). Made with greek yogurt, skim milk, and parmesan!

Healthy Alfredo Sauce Recipe

cornstarch

broth (vegetable

skim milk

non fat plain greek yogurt (room temperature)

garlic powder

freshly grated parmesan

Heat olive oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat.

Sprinkle with cornstarch and cook for one minute, stirring constantly.

While whisking, slowly add in broth and milk.

Continue whisking to combine until smooth.

Raise heat to medium high and bring the mixture to a simmer.

Once simmering, simmer for about 2 minutes, until it starts to thickened, again, whisking constantly.

Remove from heat and little by little, whisk in greek yogurt.

Once combined, place back on the heat (medium) and stir in Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

Bring to a simmer and simmer for an additional 2 minutes, whisking constantly.

Serve over pasta* immediately or let cool completely (so it can thicken) and serve as a pizza sauce and enjoy!

If not using immediately, store in airtight container in fridge.

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This Healthy Alfredo Sauce is a significantly lightened up version of a classic (helloooo only 530 calories for the ENTIRE recipe). Made with skim milk, broth, greek yogurt, and parmesan, this alfredo sauce will surely impress without the guilt!

Healthy Alfredo Sauce

Enjoy the flavors of summer in this delicious, simple, 7-ingredient TOMATO BASIL GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE. It’s so easy to make and cooks in under 7 minutes! Add it to your favorite pasta or serve it with fish or chicken.

Tomato Basil Garlic Butter Sauce

cherry tomatoes, preferably organic cherry tomatoes

basil leaves (about 20 leaves)

Zest of lemon, preferably organic

lemon juice,

tbsp butter, preferably grass-fed butter

sea salt - or

Give the cherry tomatoes, fresh basil leaves and...

Give the cherry tomatoes, fresh basil leaves and lemon a quick wash, then dry them before prepping them.

Grab a cutting board and a sharp knife...

Grab a cutting board and a sharp knife and prep the cherry tomatoes by slicing them in half and set aside. Then finely mince the garlic - you can do this with a chef’s knife or use a coarse microplane grater and set aside. Next, use a microplane or fine grater and zest the lemon - only zest the yellow part of the lemon peel, not the inner white pith and set aside. Then cut the lemon in half and squeeze a few teaspoons of juice into a small bowl and set aside.

In a medium saucepan over low heat, add...

In a medium saucepan over low heat, add the butter and allow to melt - this should take about 1 minute. Once the butter has melted, increase the heat to medium and add the tomatoes, garlic, lemon zest and lemon juice. Cook for about 5 minutes, just until the cherry tomatoes start to break down. Then add the whole basil leaves to the sauce and give it several stirs until the basil leaves have slightly wilted into the sauce.

At this point you can remove the sauce...

At this point you can remove the sauce from the heat and season with sea salt and optional freshly ground pepper. Stir and serve immediately.

Bold in flavor, savory and slightly tangy, this homemade red wine sauce makes an easy elegant dinner!

Quick Red Wine Pasta Sauce

extra virgin olive oil, divided

onion*

Salt and pepper

dry red wine

honey

chopped basil, plus more to taste

whole-wheat pasta, such as spaghetti or penne

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, oregano, and ½ teaspoon salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened and lightly browned, 5–7 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until lightly golden brown, 1–2 minutes. 

Stir in ½ cup red wine and cook until nearly evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add remaining ½ cup and cook until reduce by at least half and a trail is left when a spatula is pulled through it, about 6 minutes. 

Stir in tomatoes and honey, bring to a simmer, and cook until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Off heat stir in remaining 1 tablespoon oil and basil; season with additional basil, salt and pepper to taste.

Mmm we loved this! Came together easily, and quickly. It was just slightly tangy and we loved that. Cooked up some mushrooms and sausage and threw that over the pasta too. This one is a regular in our house now!

Delicious - with a great depth of flavor!  We just kept eating it!!!

Is it supposed to be two 28 oz cans? Or two cans totaling 28 oz?

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This red wine pasta sauce is full of flavor, elegant, and incredibly easy to whip up! Whether you have leftover red wine, or are looking for a pasta sauce that will up the ante, you’re in the right place!

Red Wine Pasta Sauce

If you're looking for an impressive pasta, stop right here. Begin this recipe 3 hours ahead. This is an edited extract from Simple Italian by Silvia Colloca, (Plum, $39.99). Available February 23. Photography by Rob Palmer.

Hand-cut spelt pappardelle with slow-cooked pork ragu recipe

(300 grams) plain or type ‘00’ flour

(100 grams) spelt flour

eggs,

salt flakes

flour

garlic cloves, skin on, bashed

boneless pork shoulder

onion, carrot & celery stalk, chopped

fennel seeds

berries,

marjoram leaves

can chopped tomatoes

(500 milliliters) good-quality beef or chicken stock

sage leaves

This Spanish tomato sauce recipe is straight from my culinary school in Spain! Easy and delicious.

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