A little while back, I posted about making homemade marinara sauce to go with our dinner one night, and so many people told me they’d never made their own sauce!
I used to be one of them. I used to just use sauce out of a jar, and still do occasionally, but I have to tell you – making your own sauce is the best there is. It tastes so much better, and you can customize it to what you like! It’s cheap, pretty easy, and makes a ton… so into the freezer it goes (in fact, I have two bags of frozen sauce in mine right now). Plus, there’s wine in it!
Here’s my basic recipe, but you can add/subtract whatever you like. We’re big garlic and onion fans, so we use a lot of that, but you can use less/more to your liking! Other options are to add veggies when you’re sautéing your onions (carrots, bell peppers, celery, etc) and to add different herbs. I make this in a 6 qt. cast iron dutch oven, and find that works really well.
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I’ve never made my own sauce, but my mom always does. Maybe I’ll attempt it this summer. It seems easy enough!
Super easy and tastes SO much better!
This sounds delicious! Pinned to make!
Aw thanks!
Oh yummy! I’ve never made my own sauce but I want to try! It looks pretty simple!
It is and so yummy!
This looks absolutely delicious and I think I must make it immediately.
You absolutely do!
Uh….YUM! I’m so picky about my marinara sauce, so this is PERFECT! Thanks for sharing! xoxoxo, Kayla
Oh good! It’s so great because you can customize it!