Anyone got a decent homemade pasta sauce recipe?

Captain_Tightpants
Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
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I'm looking for a pasta sauce recipe with fresh/whole food ingredients and a minimum of canned items. Anyone got a good one?

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  • sunnburst1984
    sunnburst1984 Posts: 36 Member
    It has a few canned items but it's super yummy!

    Jenn's tomato and vegetable sauce

    Aylmer's Accents - Petite Cut Tomatoes With Garlic & Olive Oil, 1 container
    Aylmer - Accents Italiens, 1 container
    Chopped Yellow Onion, 1/4 cup
    Fresh Garlic, 3 cloves
    Pure Tomato Paste, 5 Tbsp
    Lean Ground Beef, 1/2 cup (100g)
    Baby Cut Carrots, 14.4 carrots (85 g)
    Kale - 100 g
    White Mushrooms - Sliced, 155 g

    Brown the Ground beef, meanwhile chop the onion and mince garlic and add to the bottom of slow cooker. Drain meat and add on top of onions and garlic. In a blender, blend the Italian spice tomatoes, Kale and carrots. Add to slow cooker. Add Garlic and Olive oil tomatoes and then the Mushrooms. Put on low for 7-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours. Then add the tomato paste 15 minutes before its done. Enjoy on your favorite pasta!

    If you don't have a slow cooker, you can always just simmer on the stove in a big pot for an hour or two.

    Oh, and the sauce will look a little on the green side at first, because of the Kale but turns red after the tomatoes and tomato paste :)
  • blytheandbonnie
    blytheandbonnie Posts: 3,275 Member
    http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Pasta/Pasta-Sauces/Tomato-Sauce/Main.aspx
  • lewandt
    lewandt Posts: 566 Member
    This is from the Eat Clean Diet Book. I have not tried it yet but thought it sounded good.

    Spaghetti with Pesto Sauce

    Ingredients
    • 1 lb / 454 g noodles (buckwheat or brown rice noodles)
    • 3 quarts / 3 L water
    • 1 tsp / 5 ml sea salt

    Pesto Ingredients
    • 3 cups / 720 ml fresh basil leaves
    • ½ cup / 120 ml almonds, coarsely chopped
    • ¾ cup / 180 ml parsley
    • 2 cloves garlic, passed through a garlic press
    • ¼ cup / 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
    • Sea salt

    Preparation
    1. Bring water to a rolling boil. Add sea salt. Cook noodles al dente. Rinse under cold water to prevent clumping when cooking is complete. Place cooked noodles in large sauté pan or saucepan. Set aside.
    2. Prepare pesto sauce by placing all ingredients in a food processor. Pulse until ingredients resemble a smooth paste. Scrape pesto out of food processor bowl and pour over cooked noodles. Over medium heat, toss noodles and pesto sauce until heated through. Serve hot

    Calories: 421
    Calories from Fat: 127
    Total Fat: 14 g
    Saturated Fat: 1.7 g
    Total Carbs: 59 g
    Fiber: 3 g
    Protein: 8 g
    Sodium: 282 mg
    Cholesterol: 0 mg
    YIELD: 6 servings
  • lewandt
    lewandt Posts: 566 Member
    Here is one more.

    Penne Pasta and Fresh Tomatoes
    Fragrant fresh basil and red and yellow tomatoes make this light and refreshing pasta salad very pretty. From eatbetteramerica.
    Prep Time:15 min
    Start to Finish:2 hr 30 min
    makes:8 servings

    3 cups uncooked penne pasta (12 oz)
    1/4 cup olive, canola or soybean oil
    1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
    3 tablespoons lemon juice
    1 teaspoon chopped fresh garlic
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 medium red tomato, cut into wedges
    1 medium yellow tomato, cut into wedges
    1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
    1. Cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Rinse pasta with cold water; drain. In small bowl, beat oil, basil, lemon juice, garlic and salt with wire whisk.
    2. In large bowl, toss pasta and half of the vinaigrette. Cover; refrigerate 2 hours or until serving.
    3. Just before serving, toss pasta, tomatoes and remaining vinaigrette. Serve with cheese.

    Nutritional Information
    1 Serving: Calories 270 (Calories from Fat 80); Total Fat 9g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 380mg; Total Carbohydrate 39g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 2g); Protein 9g
  • fuzzybear123
    fuzzybear123 Posts: 32 Member
    Google pomodoro sauce,,so easy and so good
  • krisaddress
    krisaddress Posts: 43 Member
    Fresh Tomato Pasta Sauce

    1tsp Olive Oil
    100gm diced Tomato
    10 Basil leaves
    1/4 sliced Mushrooms
    .5tsp Garlic
    1/8cup Onion diced
    10gms diced Shortcut Bacon

    1. Heat olive oil
    2. Add garlic and onion and cook until onion see throughish
    3. Add bacon and cook until crisp (or the way you like it)
    4. Add tomatoes, mushrooms and basil
    5. season and simmer for around 10mins, stirring occasionally.

    This is 108cals for the sauce and this is for one serving. I use this sauce with my own homemade pasta.
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    Thanks everyone!!!

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