LaDonna's Spaghetti with Sauce

This is one of the best spaghetti sauces I have ever made. I love fixing it for family and friends as they all go away with a smile. When I make this spaghetti sauce, young and old alike, love it. I highly recommend this sauce. It is a winner.

This is fantastic!! I used this with Roast Beef and Cheese Roll-Ups (5 star)and know I'll make triple batches in the future to freeze and store!

Really great sauce, used in lasagna also, everyone loved it!!!

ATTENTION: Definitely a keeper sauce recipe. I intended to make this in my slow cooker in 3.5 hours on low. After 2.5 I couldn't wait anymore. The aroma had me so intrigued I sampled it; simple yet divine. I ladled some over zucchini noodles instead of spaghetti even though it hadn't reduced all the way. Definitely perfect for pasta and eating as is or, once reduced, using for lasagne, crespelle or ravioli. Wonderful on its own as a sauce for the famous Italian "scarpetta" which means using your bread to scoop it into your mouth, no pasta required. After 4 hours on low it did reduce enough to make it a thick sauce. Thank you LaDonna Reed for this wonderful recipe.

I'm so glad to see a no-sugar recipe for spaghetti sauce here, like my mom used to make. She took the tomato ingredients, some onion, garlic and carrot and blended them before adding it to the browned meat...less chunks for picky eaters, I suppose, lol! But the carrot in your recipe gives it a special something that sugar just can't match.

Very good and cheaper to make than store bought. Thanks for the recipe! I will definetly hang on to this one!

Sorry LaDonna, but no one in the family liked it, except for my grandson (4 yrs. old).

this sauce is wonderful. I made extra and used it in my lasagna also. fantastic

I really didn't care for this sauce. Not sure why, but I won't make it again.

I used this recipe as more of a guide, since I was trying to use up some things I had on hand without running to the store, that said...I still remained quite true to the recipe and yielded delicious results! I didn't have tomato juice or sauce... I simply substituted canned fire roasted tomatoes and loved the chunky tomatoes. I had to add a little extra water since I was losing some of the liquid from the juice and sauce, but it worked just fine! I loved the carrots and mushrooms. I was tempted to slice the mushrooms but really enjoyed their rustic, hearty texture when quartered. I found with my substitutions I needed more salt and pepper than I'd generally add, which says a lot about how much sodium is in canned juice and sauce! I used fresh herbs from my new Spring herb plants! And served over cheese tortellini. Great recipe or guide, however you choose to use it and make it your own!

I thought this sauce was great.

I like it!! It clings to the spaghetti real nicely and taste great....for vegetarians u could make this without the meat and the mushrooms give it a nice substance.

This sauce was rather tasty and my family loved it, but I did leave out the carrots and the mushrooms for some of my family doesn't like mushrooms and I don't particularly like carrots in spaghetti sauce. So with taking those two items out, it still definitely tasted good!

I have never attempted homemade spaghetti sauce before but I had an over abundance of tomatoes in the garden so I figured I would try it. I found LaDonna'a recipe and I decided to try it, I juiced the tomatoes and bought the sauce and paste. I wanted to can the sauce so I did not put the ground beef in it. This sauce is awesome. I don't think I will ever be able to buy spaghetti sauce again. Thank you for this great recipe.

This sauce was good, and two out of my three boys ate it well. It's a little bit of work to chop up all of the veggies, but it ends up being worth it. I was a little worried after putting in the tomato juice because the sauce was very watery, and I was afraid that it wouldn't cook down in time. It turned out just fine though, and the perfect consistency. Based on the number of servings that we got out of this the first meal, I would say that it leans more towards 12 servings rather than 8. Can't wait for leftovers later on in the week! Thank you for the recipe, LaDonna!

I've made this sauce a few times (with some variations) and I think it is fabulous! I use 1/2 ground chicken and 1/2 beef though to make it a little less fattening. Otherwise, it is perfect the way it is!