Every year my grandmother grows a very elaborate garden and every year she has several tomato plants in her garden. They produce some of the most delicious, organic tomatoes I have ever tasted! Talk about an amazing BLT! In addition to that, her Made From Scratch Spaghetti Sauce is fabulous!

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Fresh Produce

She is very generous in sharing her produce with her family, not only her fresh produce but also her canned and frozen produce.

Homemade Tomato Sauce

One of my favorite things my grandmother shares with me is her canned tomato sauce. I’ve started using it to make spaghetti sauce from scratch!  Oh.My.Goodness… it is delicious!

Surprisingly it doesn’t take much time to make! Almost the same amount of time as using canned spaghetti sauce. It only requires having a few extra ingredients (spices) on hand… and you probably already have them.

Made From Scratch

If you use store-bought spaghetti sauce, you still have to add the meat and you still have to heat it up. There are probably a few sketchy ingredients that you have trouble pronouncing on the label.

Making spaghetti sauce from scratch is really simple. Simply cook your meat and add the tomato sauce. While it is heating up on the stove, add the spices! The same amount of time–way healthier! Way more delicious!

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. ground meat. Either sausage or hamburger. My favorite is to use a half-pound of sausage and half a pound of hamburger.
• 46 oz. jar of tomato sauce.
• Mushrooms (optional)
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 clove of minced garlic
• 1/2 C of brown sugar
• 3-4 T of chili powder (depending on how spicy you like)
• 1 T Crushed Red Pepper (more or less to taste-omit if you don’t want it to be spicy)
• 1/2 T of cinnamon
• 1-2 T of cornstarch (more for a thicker sauce)
• Fresh Parsley

1. Cook meat and drain grease.
2. Top with cheese (Mozzarella, Parmesan, or both!)
3. Serve over your favorite spaghetti noodles!

Made From Scratch Spaghetti Sauce

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

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Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground meat. Either sausage or hamburger. My favorite is use half pound of sausage and half a pound of hamburger.
• 46 oz. jar of tomato sauce.
• Mushrooms (optional)
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 clove of minced garlic
• 1/2 C of brown sugar
• 3-4 T of chili powder (depending on how spicy you like)
• 1 T Crushed Red Pepper (more or less to taste-omit if you don’t want it to be spicy)
• 1/2 T of cinnamon
• 1-2 T of corn starch (more for a thicker sauce)
• Fresh Parsley

Instructions

1. Cook meat and drain grease.
2. Top with cheese (Mozzarella, Parmesan, or both!)
3. Serve over your favorite spaghetti noodles!

A Family Favorite!

This is one of my children’s favorite meals.

This sauce reheats really well, which makes it great for leftovers.

This sauce is naturally gluten-free!

Just make sure to use gluten-free noodles 😉

Enjoy!
Anna

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