Saturday, March 20, 2010

Home made Spaghetti Sauce


Most of the time I just purchase the jar spaghetti sauce, but homemade is so much better!!  My family seems love the homemade over the jar stuff too....this is a recipe that I got from my mom, it's so yummy!! 

Ingredients:

3 (12oz) Cans of Tomato Paste
6-7 cans of water (use tomato paste cans to measure)
1 medium onion (chopped)
1/4 cup green pepper (chopped)
2 cloves of garlic (minced)
1/2 tsp. of garlic powder
1/4 cup of oil (extra virgin olive oil)
1/4 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. sweet basil
1 small bay leaf
1 tbs. jsugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1lb ground beef

Directions:

In an 8 quart pan, saute' onion, green pepper & garlic in oil.  Add tomato paste and water.  Stir until smooth then add the remaining spices.  Brown 1lb of ground beef and add to sauce.  Simmer uncovered for 1 to 2 hours.

Courtesy of Mom Carey

2 comments:

The Richardson's said...

Very domestic! Nice work!!

Amy said...

I've been looking for a spaghetti sauce that had a few more ingredients then my staple recipe, this fits the bill and sounds great! Thanks for sharing...oh, and I'm not convinced that you are not domestic!!;))