Homemade Meatless Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

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"When my tomatoes ripen, the first things I make are BLT's and this homemade spaghetti sauce," reports Sondra Bergy of Lowell, Michigan.

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Homemade Meatless Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. Cook: 3-1/4 hours
  • Yield: 16 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 4 medium onions, chopped
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 12 cups chopped peeled fresh tomatoes
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 4 teaspoons salt
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 1-1/4 teaspoons pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 2 cans (6 ounces each) tomato paste
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • Hot cooked spaghetti

Directions

  • In a Dutch oven, saute onions in oil until tender. Add the tomatoes, garlic, bay leaves, salt, oregano, pepper and basil. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
  • Add tomato paste and brown sugar; simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour. Discard bay leaves. Serve with spaghetti. Yield: 2 quarts.

    Editor's Note: Browned ground beef or Italian sausage can be added to the cooked sauce if desired. The sauce also freezes well.

Leftover: Skillet Chicken Parmesan

Nutritional Facts 1/2 cup (calculated without spaghetti) equals 133 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 614 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Meatless Spaghetti Sauce in Taste of Home August/September 1995, p12

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Reviewed on Jan. 01, 2012 by kids chauffer

this is wonderful, just wish it made more


Reviewed on Jun. 18, 2011 by mdreynolds

It was easy to make and easy to adapt the amount of salt and brown sugar for special diatary needs - and it still tasted great!

 
 
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