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Recommend Your Favorite Jarred Spaghetti Sauce
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| I second TJ's Vodka Marinara. It's a little rich though. |
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I'm actually a sucker for the Wegman's brand tomato basil sauce for homemade pizza. The 4 cheese one is good for pasta.
I agree Ragu is too watery and Prego (depending on the flavor though) isn't the best. Newman's Own tasted life barf to DH and I (on pizza and pasta). Just my 2 cents. |
Anonymous
I feel rather pedestrian saying this after all these "fancy" sauces have been recommended, but I like Prego (traditional) and Francesco Rinaldi. I don't like the really chunky sauces and I like my sauce on the sweeter side, so those work for me. I remember seeing on America's Test Kitchen that Prego was the favorite of kids, too - I think it is the added sugar! 
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I haven't found a jarred tomato sauce that I like, so I make my own tomato sauce. It's so easy and I can put it on the table in less than 30 minutes.
1 big can of crushed tomatoes 1 regular sized can of petite diced tomatoes Saute a few crushed garlic cloves in olive oil until they start to brown. Add the tomatoes until the sauce thickens slightly. Add salt and sugar to taste. If I have it, I add some fresh chopped basil. It's delicious and my 4yo and dh love it. |
Anonymous
| Davide's sauce, sold at Whole Foods. It's out of this world. I met the owner of the company giving samples at Whole Food last week. He's from Italy - his sauce is the real deal. |
Anonymous
| Classico Tomato & Basil. Delicious and it's one of the few tomato sauces that does not have sugar or corn syrup. You can buy at Costco, Safeway or Giant. I stock up when it's on sale for $2 a jar. There are many other Classico varieties, but check the ingredient labels if you're like me and wish to avoid sugar/corn syrup with your pasta. |
Anonymous
| We alternate between Trader Joe's Organic Tomato Basil Marinara, Muir Glen Organic and Classico Organic Tomato Herb (bought it at Costco most recently, hard to find at other stores). |
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Someday I'd like to take a stab at making my own sauce. Right now I buy whatever is on sale and add to it. I'm lucky in that I grow my own herbs so I can add fresh basil, oregano and parsley, but even when all I had was dried it still made a huge difference. I also put in garlic powder and sometimes a little crushed red pepper. |
Anonymous
| Sun Of Italy-inexpensive supermarket brand but I swear-it's good! |
Anonymous
| Paesana Fra Diavolo is awesome. It is at Whole Foods. There are a lot of other varieties of the brand, but I love the Fra Diavolo (tho it is spicy) |
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| Agree w/PP - Classico Organic. Perfect jars to store stuff in. Can sometimes find at Costco. |
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Rao's all the way for me! It's a splurge, but when I make a Ziti I get at least 8 servings and when you look at it that way, it's a pretty cheap meal.
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Anonymous
| Sun Of Italy Poster-Raos has come up more than any other brand on this thread-might have to try it-how much does it cost? |
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We picked up some Rao's at Safeway yesterday. They were on sale for $7.99, down from $9.99. Huge savings, I know. I do usually try to make a sauce but I am trying to make baked ziti and just dont want to bother. I use to buy Spatini spaghetti flavoring but I can't find it anywhere anymore. |
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I think Franceso Rinaldi gives you the biggest bang for the buck. You can get it for $1 on sale, as opposed to the gourmet sauces costing upwards of $5. It's delicious, and you can add stuff to it!
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