The first Christmas Brian and I were married he gave me a book called Treasuring God in Your Traditions by Noel Piper. I didn't have a family yet when I first read the book, so a lot of what I read was just in theory. I've gone back and read the book again a time or two now that I have kids! But at that time, my biggest take away from the book was a spaghetti sauce recipe! I've been using this one ever since. Its a really basic sauce that is super quick and easy. One thing I like is that the Worchestershire sauce helps in over coming the taste of local tomato paste, which isn't always the best flavor! I've scaled this down to a 3rd of the original recipe! But you could easily triple this and freeze a bunch of sauce or feed an army!
Spaghetti Sauce
1 lb ground beef (ground pork makes a decent substitute!)
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 Tbs parsley
1-1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
1 bay leaf
1/3 tsp black pepper
2 tsp Worchestershire sauce
2 14oz cans tomato sauce or 3-4 small cans tomato paste plus water to right consistency
About 5 drops Tabasco sauce (opt--not spicy but gives it a little zing!)
Brown meat and onion in a large saucepan. Drain grease. Add seasonings and tomato sauce or paste. Simmer at least half an hour to allow flavors to blend.
Notes: If you can't get Worchestershire sauce or Tabasco it won't be bad without it. Also, the original recipe called for 1 1/2 tsp salt. I find that's too much for our taste so I start with 1 tsp. It will probably depend on your tomato sauce or paste. I use a local can of tomato paste (red and blue can). I usually put 4 of them because it isn't as thick as Del Monte or Hunt's or some western brand of tomato paste. If using those I'd probably only put 3.
1 lb ground beef (ground pork makes a decent substitute!)
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 Tbs parsley
1-1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
1 bay leaf
1/3 tsp black pepper
2 tsp Worchestershire sauce
2 14oz cans tomato sauce or 3-4 small cans tomato paste plus water to right consistency
About 5 drops Tabasco sauce (opt--not spicy but gives it a little zing!)
Brown meat and onion in a large saucepan. Drain grease. Add seasonings and tomato sauce or paste. Simmer at least half an hour to allow flavors to blend.
Notes: If you can't get Worchestershire sauce or Tabasco it won't be bad without it. Also, the original recipe called for 1 1/2 tsp salt. I find that's too much for our taste so I start with 1 tsp. It will probably depend on your tomato sauce or paste. I use a local can of tomato paste (red and blue can). I usually put 4 of them because it isn't as thick as Del Monte or Hunt's or some western brand of tomato paste. If using those I'd probably only put 3.
love that book! haven't tried the spaghetti sauce. will have to give it a try now:)!
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