Reviewed: May 10, 2012

Basic, easy, and people liked it! Yum.

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clevercook

Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2011

Added a little chopped onion, was great! Next time I'll try adding tomato paste, as other reviewer suggested. Thanks!

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Jen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Federal Way, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2009

Excellent simple, fresh sauce! I needed a bit more than the recipe made, so I used about 10 plum tomatoes, and chopped about 15-20 leaves of fresh basil. Also, I avoid sugar like the plague, so I add a pinch of ground cloves to counteract the acidity of the tomatoes, a trick told to me by my Italian neighbor. Made a really yummy marinara!

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CrisDee

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2008

I make this whenever I have leftover tomatoes, or tomatoes I've frozen for future use. It's simple, easy and very tasty. Depending on the sweetness of the tomatoes I omit the sugar.

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SueBeeDoo

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Aug. 18, 2008

The key to making this sauce is the simmering time. As stated, 45 minutes need to pass before serving the sauce. Cooking uncovered is a must! If you have tomatoes from your garden this sauce will highlight the sweetness of them. Wonderful sauce! The only recommendation I have is to make extra! ;) I've added zucchini and it rocked. Thanks for the recipe.

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Reni

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Aug. 5, 2008

I thought this turned out pretty good. I made it with some tomatoes that were given to me from a friends garden. I had 1 3/4 lb of tomatoes. I like sweet/garlicky sauces so i added extra garlic and sugar. instead of 1t of sugar i added 1 1/2 T of white sugar and 1/2 T brown sugar. I also added the can of tomato paste as well as 1/4t of beef bouillon. i would have used beef broth instead of water but i didn't have any. I also used about 1/2t dried basil instead of the fresh. it turned out pretty good but didn't fulfill everything i was looking for in a sauce.

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Raven

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2008

LOVED IT!!! And I couldn't even follow the recipe right - had no tomatoes, so used 1 can tomato paste, no fresh basil, so used 1 tsp dried basil, no fresh garlic, so 1/4 tsp powdered, 1/2 c. water and salt & pepper to taste. Still....turned very YUMMY! Thank you!

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SHTTRBUGIN

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 6, 2007

Delicious! My husband -who doesn't like tomato sauces that much -loved it. I added a hot pepper in to the sauce (because I love a little kick) and ended up actually serving it over pasta. I will definitly make it again.

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dramaqueenjs

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2007

This recipe was absolutely delicious. I too added one can of tomato paste just to give it some extra thickness for dipping. That was a great suggestion!! I will for sure make this recipe again!

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