Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2009

I tweaked because I used what I had on hand. WONDERFUL SAUCE!! My husband and I both agreed it was our favorite: 1 chopped onion cooked til transparent, 4-5 cloved garlic chopped, 2-15 oz. cans petit diced tomatoes with garlic and olive oil added, 1-15 oz. can tomato sauce, 1 Tblsp. olive oil, 1 1/2 Tblsp. sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. course black pepper, 3 heaping Tblsp. Italian seasoning, 2 heaping Tblsp. basil. I had NO red pepper and NO wine, and I added NO water. That's what I had on hand and it was GREAT!

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Susan Jackson

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Reviewed: May 10, 2009

This recipe needed some tweaking in my opinion. First, the onion to seasoning ratio is alright but the garlic and sugar is off and there isn't enough sugar. I followed this recipe and as most people found, it is hard to find tomatoes in a paste form already. I changed it as follows: 1. lg can of crushed Contadina Tomatoes 1. Lg can of diced Contadina Tomatoes 2. 12 oz cans of Contadina tom. Paste 1. 6 oz can of Contadina paste w/garlic (makes up for the lack of enough garlic in the orig recipe) 2. 1/4-1/3 cup of sugar.. I added to taste. I like my sauce sweeter 1. 1 tsp of salt For the red wine, I suggest a sweet red. I used one called Campagna Di Romani but any sweet wine will do. The wine gave it some sweet to counteract the acid from the tomato. After the changes, the sauce seems much better and has a lot more flavor to it.

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Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2009

This recipe was very very good and my husband really loved it. He's not even a real spaghetti fan so I took that as a big do-over idea.

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Tanya

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Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2008

This was surprisingly underwhelming! It wasn't BAD, but it wasn't great. I have a hard time getting excited about "OK" recipes. I probably won't make this again unless I make some serious changes. I'm looking for out-of-this world flavor and this recipe didn't even come close.

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RedRobynNAU

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Home Town: Tucson, Arizona, USA

Living In: Chandler, Arizona, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2008

People are correct as to the water volume,thats a ridiculous amount. I used Tomatoes from our garden and about 4 cups of H2O with 3 cans of Tom. paste. It came out perfect. I added some other goodies from the garden as well. It was straight up Vege Sauce...

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Jamie

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Home Town: San Francisco, California, USA

Living In: Reno, Nevada, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2008

I didnt even try putting all this water in this sauce. I put 3 cups in, but I used my own tomato sauce and tomatoes that I canned too. It was very good. And added more fresh garlic.

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Ann

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Home Town: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Living In: Providence Forge, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2007

A little too red winey flavored for me, but I will keep this recipe and alter it slightly next time.

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Cara

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Reviewed: Aug. 31, 2006

A most definite keeper. Took my time with this one but added 1 tblsp salt, 1/2 tsp garlic salt and 2 bay leaves. Absolutely fantastic! Had even frozen half of it and seemed to taste even better afterwards. Go figure!

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Bill

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Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2006

I made this recipe using REGULAR peeled ground tomatoes. I added MORE garlic. I also let it simmer for 7 hours. It came out PERFECT!

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Lisa R.

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Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2005

I had to cook for about 6 hours to get it to not be so watery, and the taste was worst then the cheapest canned store bought sauce in my opinion. Even with doctoring it up, it was bland yet spicy at the same time.

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Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2005

Something is wrong with this recipe. It has way to much water. It doesnot thicken in the cooking process and is a very watery spaghetti sauce.

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cooper

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Reviewed: May 10, 2005

I thought that 7 C. of water seemed a bit much. I think it must be a typo! I used only 2 c. of water, and upped the amount of red wine to 1c. also added salt. It might be that it's hard to find crushed tomatoes in PASTE and everyone is using crushed tomatoes in JUICE, the way that you find it in the stores. But I also added Parmesan cheese and meat. Came out okay. Just your basic tomato sauce. I'll keep looking- the one i'm looking for is thick and rich, not too chunky with a rich wine flavor.

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kukadog

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Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2005

Pretty good. Sauce is a little bit watery and a little bit bland, but it was a very good base for a basic spaghetti sauce. Now I can play with the seasoning until I get exactly what I want. Thanks!

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DIGIGIRL

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Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2005

Just like some of the others warned, this was waaaaaaaay too watery. If you follow the normal recipe, you might as well pull out a cup and straw 'cause you will end up with tomato water. I had to cut the recipe by one cup of water and still had to add 3 extra 6 ounce cans of paste just for it to come out somewhat normal. For added flavor, I put in 1.5 cups of parmesean cheese and 2 extra cloves of garlic. Unless you are cooking for all of Rome, cut the number of servings as well.

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2004

I have to agree with the other viewers - too watery. I added salt because taste was a little bland. Will not make again.

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Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2004

Yum! I still have 2 hours of cooking time left and this is by far the best recipe for spaghetti sauce ever! I used tomatoes from my garden and it is my first time cooking with fresh tomatoes instead of canned. Now I can make batches of this until my tomatoes are gone and freeze it for later!! Thanks Cathy! My house smells great!

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Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2004

This came out wonderfully, but I'm at a loss as to why it needs to be simmered for more than 40 minutes. I didn't have basil on hand, so I substituted with oregano and followed the directions to the letter otherwise, and I have to say, it came out divinely. Very flavorful and rich without being too heavy. It's now officially my favorite meatless sauce recipe.

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SINGANEWSONG

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Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2004

This was a very tasty way to enjoy spaggheti sauce on a low fat/low salt diet.

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MIMJEAN

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Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2002

To runny

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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2002

Didn't care for this one, not saying it's a bad recipe, just wasn't to my taste.

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