Homemade spaghetti sauce. Easily customizable. Pile it on top of some pasta! Dig in!!
Updated 02/20/2020
This Homemade Spaghetti Sauce is simple, yet scrumdillicious. That’s my made-up word for this sauce. I had to come up with a basic sauce when I was cooking for my kids. This one didn’t like onions, that one didn’t like olives or bell peppers, I’m not fond of mushrooms. Best thing to do is make a basic sauce and let anyone add something if they wanted to.
How do you make spaghetti from scratch?
Simple. Start with some form of tomato sauce. I use canned sauce. Add seasonings, like oregano, thyme, garlic salt or powder, basil, parsley, onion salt or powder (wouldn’t do both garlic salt and onion salt – alternate the salt and powder), and pepper are some of your main spices for spaghetti sauce.
How can I make spaghetti sauce taste better OR why is my homemade sauce bitter?
Two suggestions. Sugar. Add some sugar to balance out the acidity in the sauce. It won’t make it sweet unless you overdo the sugar. Or baking soda. You could add 1/4 tsp of baking soda. Stir and let sit for a bit and do it’s job before taking another taste test.
Can homemade spaghetti sauce be frozen?
Tomato Sauce and Spaghetti sauce are pretty similar. Spaghetti sauce has spices. And, yes, they can be frozen. Go check out Oh My Veggies post on How to make and freeze homemade tomato sauce.
Homemade or Store bought?
Why use Prego or Ragu, when you can have this, about as easy as pouring a jar of who knows what in the pan? And guess what, you know exactly what’s in this. Do you know what’s in Prego or Ragu?
Other meal ideas if you are like me and can’t have tomatoes or tomato sauce…
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~Bobbi
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Lbs Ground Beef
- 2 Tbsp Minced Onion
- Seasoned Salt To Taste
- Pepper To Taste
- 2 8 Oz Can Tomato Sauce
- 1 Tbsp Parsley
- 1 Tsp Oregano
- 1 Tsp Thyme
- 1 Tsp Basil
- 1 Tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/2 Tsp Pepper
- 1 Tbsp Sugar
Instructions
- Brown ground beef with seasoned salt, pepper and minced onions on medium high heat.
- Drain the meat once it's thoroughly cooked through.
- Add tomato sauce and the seasonings following the sauce. Simmer for 2 hours.
Notes
Nutrition
We LOVE homemade spaghetti sauce. We don’t make it very often, but it’s always SO good when we do. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for linking up at Wordy Wednesday! 🙂
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This looks like a great recipe, Bobbi! I’m looking forward to trying it!
Thanks Kristi!! I appreciate you stopping by and hope you get a chance to try it 😉
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Nothing tastes better than HOMEMADE spaghetti sauce!
One of my favs 🙂
Thanks for sharing on this week’s Share Your Stuff Tuesdays!!! We hope to have you join us again next week 🙂
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This is a great looking sauce! Thanks for linking it up to Snickerdoodle Sunday – Kristina
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This looks really yummy Bobbi! Love the seasoning! There is nothing better then homemade spaghetti sauce and yours just looks yummy:) found ya this morning at moms the word linky. Have a wonderful week!
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I’m going to have to give this a try. I usually buy the canned sauce and then add to it. This sounds delicious!
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You’ll have to let me know what you think if you give it a go!! Thanks again!!!
Sounds like a quick and easy recipe. Mine is pretty close to yours except I add in basil too. Thanks for sharing it on Merry Monday.
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Great minds 😉 Thanks for swinging on by and checkin it out!!
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It looks delicious. I bet it would be great for making lasagna.
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Hey…that’s a great idea!! Thanks for sharing that!! And thanks for stopping by and checking it out!
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This looks and sounds great! It’s perfect that you can customize it. Thanks for sharing with Creative Spark.
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My husband makes his own sauce…I do occasionally as well. Mine tends to be very basic though, tomatoes, a pinch of sugar, and basil and garlic at the end. I’ll have to give yours a try! Thanks so much for linking it up with us at Foodie Fridays!
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This is easy enough for anyone to do. Happy to link up!! Thanks for stopping by and checking it out!
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I always add meat to my sauce and I’m looking for ways to be more homemade. Thanks.
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I love homemade sauces. I can tomatoes every year so that I can use it for homemade sauces and suck. Thanks for linking at The Yuck Stops Here. We hope to see you again next week!
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Your canned tomatoes will be great for this. I will be able to use mine when I start canning my tomatoes. At first, it’s hard to even keep tomatoes around. Everyone wants them.
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I hope you get a chance to try it! Thanks for stopping by. Come back anytime!!
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Now I just pinned your bundt cake then I found this. Oh please come share them by me – woo hoo! YUMMMM
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Hi Bobbi, I think you came up with a great recipe solution! Thank you for sharing on my WW this week. I am now following you on FB, Twitter and love the way you have done your Pinterest boards, following them all!! Hope to see you again soon, have a great week!!!
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What a great recipe! I will definitely be trying it out next spaghetti night! 🙂
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This looks wonderful. The only thing I would add is basil, but I’m pretty addicted to basil. I love red sauce so much!
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Good call. I sometimes add basil, but not everybody here likes basil. So I left it out. Glad you thought if it tho!
This sounds…and looks like my dad’s homemade spaghetti sauce. I’m gonna have to try it out and see whose I like better. Not many people can make it like my dad! I would love it if you linked this up to my Motivate Me Monday linky party!
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Cool….you’ll have to let me know. Although, I don’t mind losing to your Dad. Parent’s cooking always seems to hold a special place in your heart. Makes everything taste better. I will pop on over to your party. Thanks for the invite.
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Hopping over from Hump Day Happenings. You are totally right, what IS in Ragu and Prego! I love making my own sauce as well. Your’s looks yummy!
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I love making my own sauce.mi do it every time I make spaghetti..I’m always looking for new ways to try it. I’ll be saving this to try out the on the fam. Thanks for sharing!
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Hi Leslie! If you do, hope you like it. You’ll have to stop back by and let me know how it went with the fam. Thanks for stopping by and checking it out!!
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