What's your favorite pasta sauce? For me, I tend to like tomato-based sauces more than, say, the creamy or oily types. At the very least, tomato sauces are what I like on my spaghetti.
I don't mind buying off-the-shelf brands like Ragu, Prego, or Newman's. But from time to time, I get the urge to make my own sauce. I don't really have a set recipe. Most of the time, I just go by feel and taste, mixing up whatever herbs and spices I could find in the cupboard and vegetable in the refrigerator. The way I see it, as long as I have a can of tomato soup, tomato paste, olive oil, and cheese, I'll be able to whip up some sort of tomato sauce for spaghetti.
This sauce, if I recall, served 4 and was made with the following:
Much like most of my meals in the past few years, this one is vegetarian. I'm not saying that I don't eat meat because I still do, e.g. bbq ribs. It's just that I like to keep an eye to eating healthier meals. Instead of meatballs, I keep beans in mind as a good alternative for meat and a source of protein. Some sources even say that beans also provide our body's much needed dietary fiber whereas meat do not. Couple that with the Vitamin C and antioxidants you get from the tomatoes, I'd say that this sauce is pretty healthy.
I don't mind buying off-the-shelf brands like Ragu, Prego, or Newman's. But from time to time, I get the urge to make my own sauce. I don't really have a set recipe. Most of the time, I just go by feel and taste, mixing up whatever herbs and spices I could find in the cupboard and vegetable in the refrigerator. The way I see it, as long as I have a can of tomato soup, tomato paste, olive oil, and cheese, I'll be able to whip up some sort of tomato sauce for spaghetti.
This sauce, if I recall, served 4 and was made with the following:
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3 tomatoes (cut up in chunks)
- 1 cup beans
- 1/2 cup good olive oil
- 1 can tomato soup, undiluted
- 1 can tomato paste
- 1 cup water
- paprika and other seasoning of choice
Much like most of my meals in the past few years, this one is vegetarian. I'm not saying that I don't eat meat because I still do, e.g. bbq ribs. It's just that I like to keep an eye to eating healthier meals. Instead of meatballs, I keep beans in mind as a good alternative for meat and a source of protein. Some sources even say that beans also provide our body's much needed dietary fiber whereas meat do not. Couple that with the Vitamin C and antioxidants you get from the tomatoes, I'd say that this sauce is pretty healthy.
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