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Homemade Meatless Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

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When my tomatoes ripen, the first things I make are BLTs and this homemade spaghetti sauce. —Sondra Bergy, 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 Feb. 22, 2013 by SKelm

This recipe is hands down the BEST spaghetti sauce recipe for using up garden tomatoes! I run it thru the blender, so that my kids don't complain about the tomato chunks.

Reviewed on Jan. 07, 2013 by melgoody03

This is a great way to use up the tomatoes and herbs from my garden. The sauce freezes well so that we can use it all winter long. My family loves it!

Reviewed on Nov. 25, 2012 by justmbeth

Sauce is awesome! I can eat a bowl full with just some bread! A great use of garden tomatoes.

Reviewed on Sep. 25, 2012 by tippybenny2

This is so good. It is worth all the time it takes. My husband loves it, so I have made 5 batches. It is a great way to use garden tomatoes.

Reviewed on Jul. 29, 2012 by MarissaRN

This is our favorite spaghetti sauce recipe! I follow it exactly as written and it is delicious! I have canned it with success, also!

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!