Great timing to start this forum! I was ready to throw this question on the board either in the General forum or the Camping Recipes.

I'm looking for a delicious and healthy spaghetti sauce recipe that I can make at home instead of trying to rely on the stuff in the jars at the grocery store.

Anyone have a knock-out recipe to share?

Olive oil to coat the pan,
2 - 3 tbl spoons of minced garlic
3 cans of whole tomatoes
Basil- about 10 leaves or 1.5 tbl spoons of basil in a tube

Drain the tomatoes and save the juice

The garlic in the oil until golden, add the basil and cook for about a minute.

Add the tomatoes and turn heat to high. Cook for about five minutes, or until the tomatoes start to break down. I like to use a wooden spoon to help break them up.
Once they break up you can turn the heat down and simmer for 1/2 hour. If you want a thinner sauce you can add a bit of the tomatoes juice to thin it out.

I've let it cool and run it though the food processer to make it more smooth.

Do you want it with or without meat?

quote Frenchy19: "Do you want it with or without meat?"

With meat, please. :)

And RGR... thanks for your recipe.

Good sauce is a labor of love.
First you roast tomatoes in the oven with a bit olive oil and salt, then drop in a pan with roasted garlic, and teh herbs of your choice as long as its basil. The reach into the cabinet and grab the volka and pour a few ozs into the sauce. cook for a couple hours. Add a bit more basil and serve. If you're wanting meat in your sauce, I think they call them meatballs...............

Have a good meat sauce that I'll post when I get home tonight.

Hammerll-You are a god for using fresh tomatoes...!

Here is a good meat sauce that I use with a variety of pasta (my favorite being stuffed shells).

1 lb ground beef
1 lb hot Italian sausage (casing removed)
1/2 C Italian bread crumbs
1/2 olive oil
3 C chopped onion
8-10 (or more!) cloves fresh chopped garlic
2 1/2 C water
2 cans (1 lb. 12 oz. each) Italian tomatoes, undrained
9 oz. tomato paste
4 TBS chopped parley
2 tsp each dried basil leaves and dried oregano leaves
1 1/2 Tbs each sugar and salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Brown sausage and beef thoroughly in skillet, drain grease, add bread crumbs and set aside. In hot oil in 8 qt. pot, saute onion and garlic for 3 to 5 minutes. Mix in rest of ingredients, chopping tomatoes into smaller pieces as they cook. Bring to boil, reduce heat and add meat mixture to sauce. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally for 1 1/2 hours.

Magic Fresh Tomato Spaghetti Sauce

This is a recipe for spaghetti sauce made from fresh tomatoes. I made a bunch of batches last fall and still have plenty in the freezer. It was particularly good for me because it was easy to make over two weeknights: do the first part one night, refrigerate, and finish the next night. Add cooked meat (or not) in the second half. A great recipe if you are a gardener.