Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2012

Delicious spaghetti sauce. I made this recipe 3 times last summer ('11) and froze it in quart freezer bags. I used all of the ingredients except the tomato paste and mushrooms. When I thawed the sauce I then added the tomato paste so that it would thicken as it heated. The sauce is loaded with flavor and we loved the chunks of onion, peppers and tomatoes. The reasoning for no mushrooms is, we don't care for them. I served this with garlic bread and 'Green Bean Salad' from this site. Leftovers for lunch the next day were every bit as good as the night before. Thanks TUCKER for sharing your recipe.

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Molly

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Huntertown, Indiana, USA

Living In: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2011

my daughter is a spaghetti nut and she LOVED this. it will be her birthday dish from now on. I used the canned tomatoes as well. awesome!

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MiMi's Love

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Living In: Mcdonough, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2011

Kids loved it, husband said it was the best sauce I ever made, and I have tried A LOT of different sauces. This one is so easy in comparison to some I've made in the past. FINALLY a "go to" sauce!

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kmlmgm

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Binghamton, New York, USA

Living In: Masonville, New York, USA

Reviewed: May 8, 2011

Didn't really like the taste - too much of a wine flavor.

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mkbennett00

Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2010

This is exactly the kind of sauce recipe I've been looking for! I made it last night and my boyfriend and his friend loved it, as did I. I'm so happy I found it! I did alter it a bit, following 'Valerie's Kitchen' advice. No green peppers or mushrooms, and I cooked the meat, then drained it, then cooked the onion & garlic. Also replaced a pound of chuck with a pound of spicy italian sausage meat. Yum!

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Jessie_D

Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2010

Nice zesty sauce! Used it to make lasagna.

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MANATEE

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Living In: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2010

This was a good sauce. I would not classify it as great in my opinion. It tasted like it needed additional salt when I served it...a tiny bit bland. I like that it was so meaty though.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Living In: Cumming, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009

Made this recipe for my in laws when they came in to visit and they loved it! I definitely recommend making this sauce it is yummy!

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Sonya

Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2009

Very good recipe as given. I had a surplus of Roma tomatoes and this recipe helped me put them to very good use! Thank you!

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Jim

Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2009

Really a great recipe! I make a big pot of this and freeze two ladle fulls in each ziploc freezer bag (Makes like 14 bags!) Then for a quick meal for my husband and myself I reheat the sauce, cook the pasta, and dinners served in 15 mins! This recipe really helped us out when my son was born : ) Thanks a lot!

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