Need recipes for Spaghetti Sauce and...

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Registered: 04-02-2003
Need recipes for Spaghetti Sauce and...
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Mon, 03-21-2005 - 10:44am

Tomato Soup!!! Our family loves tomato soup but it's full of sugar!! We are supposed to keep it below 3 sugars right??

Anyway, my husband is a great cook so I told him I would try to get recipes for SB friendly spaghetti sauce and tomato soup.

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Mon, 03-21-2005 - 12:02pm

Here's a recent thread with lots of soup ideas.

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Registered: 02-23-2004
Mon, 03-21-2005 - 12:25pm

My spaghetti sauce:

start with about 2 T olive oil, add 3 cloves garlic and 1 onion chopped. Cook til onion is translucent (don't let garlic brown) Add 1/2 cup wine (red or white is fine, whatever you have around) and bring to a boil. Let it reduce by about half (until a little syrupy) Add two 14 oz cans tomatoes, one small can tomato paste and 1 or 2 T dried Italian Seasoning (or you could add fresh herbs, but I can't grow them/get them in my area) I then cook it about an hour on a low simmer. You can also add browned ground beef or browned ground turkey before you simmer it and that adds a lot of flavor.
I make double or triple batches and freeze it in tupperware containers. To thaw I run the container under warm water to loosen the sauce then plop it out into a sauce pan on low heat, cover, and let it thaw.
MUCH better than jarred!

MichaelAnn
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Registered: 11-18-2003
Mon, 03-21-2005 - 1:06pm

I am no help on the tomato soup. Here is my spaghetti sauce recipe. It is very chunky. I don't measure when I cook so hopefully the spices are balanced. Feel free to change them to taste. This sauce is actually the tomato base for my lasagne.


Spaghetti Sauce


1 14 1/2 oz can diced low sodium tomatos, including liquid


1 8 oz can tomato sauce


1 6 oz can tomato paste


1 medium onion, diced


4-6 cloves garlic, chopped fine


1-1 1/2 tsp basil


1 tsp oregano


1/2 tsp parsley


S & P to taste


Olive oil for sauteeing, about 2 T


1. Sautee onion and garlic in oil until onion is clear. Add tomatoes w/liquid, tomato sauce, tomato paste and spices. Simmer on low for 20 minutes.


Edited to add: I usually add ground beef browned, seasoned with garlic powder, salt & Pepper and SBD approved turkey sausage.



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Edited 3/21/2005 2:12 pm ET ET by marahjadesmom
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 03-27-2005 - 9:40am

Here is a delicious, quick sauce I've made for years:


Susan :)