Momma's Marinara Sauce

To all who keep tomato sauce recipes and add sugar. If you add a good healthy pinch of baking soda, you won't need the sugar which I think comes through in the taste. Hope this helps. Dormy.

Almost exactly like mine, with a few exceptions. I add 1 tsp basil and 1 tsp oregano in addition to thyme. I also use a little (about 1/4 - 1/2 c) red wine (it does darken the color, but adds tons to the flavor!). Lastly, I saute the onions & fresh garlic, and then add fresh mushrooms. Saute all until tender and add to the sauce. Let simmer for a few hours and YUUUM!! You can also add 1-2 lbs ground beef, or a mixture of ground beef and italian sausage (very yummy) for a meat sauce! Glad she took the time to write this down tho, bc I never do and sometimes I forget what proportions when I try to share the recipe :). Thanks Phyllis!

Very nice sauce! Added a little sugar to cut the acidity of the tomatoes. Great with the manicotti recipe!

Finally...a delicious and easy marinara sauce! I only had 45 min. to make the sauce and it still tasted great to me and my family. I can't wait to try it when it has had a few hours to simmer!

I thought this recipe was missing something. However, I gave it a 5 stars because it was good and my family thought it was excellent. I like how simple it is and the diced tomatoes make it some what chunky. For my taste buds though I am going to add oregano, basil and a pinch of baking soda and whatever else I can think of, in otherwords, I am just going work with it. This recipe has potential, I think maybe it was a little bitter. But again a good base or starter recipe.

I think there must be a typo here in 18 cans of tomato paste...i don't think so. Maybe 1/8 of can of tomato paste is what you meant to say! I haven't tried this recipe yet...

Your Momma's Marinara is the first stop on the path to victory! Very good stuff. First try vanilla was awesome, but second try I added a little celery during the slow cooking process and put in some black beans towards the end for a little protien, tasted awesome.

This is fantastic! We loved the rich taste, and I loved that it was so easy!

Excellent tasting sauce. I sauteed the onion in olive oil first and then added 1/2 cup white wine. The sauce came out delicious. Don't forget a screen cover for the pot!

Good, but seemed like it was missing something.

yummy!! a great way to pep up store bought jar sauce, my husband and I loved it. I made it as the recipe states, and added some of the "fast and friendly turkey meatballs" that I had made previously from this site. Next time I may try it w/o the meatballs and add a few extra spices. Will definitely make again.

Great tasting sauce. I am now using this as the base for all my Italian dishes. I usually double the batch and freeze a portion for another use.

This is GREAT!!! Italian sausage and ground deer works well too. I saute the onions, garlic, S&P in the grease from the sausage and after Bambi's browned well,. I just do it all in one big pot. I go crazy w/garlic and no one has complained. This is great sauce for everything; try it on meatball heros. Ladle/dump it on heavy and just love life! Cover and let it simmer all day! Thanks for this recipe B'D

My kids did not like. Too sweet. would have to adjust.

This was really good. Much better than store bought maranara sauce! And makes the house smell wonderful!!!!

A decent recipe for when you want to clear out some space in your pantry and want to spruce up regular jar sauce. I made this in the slow cooker and it turned out pretty good. Husband & kids enjoyed it though I found the finished marinara a bit sweet even though I used a Roast Garlic jar sauce. Ultimately though, for a recipe that still has a 4-5 hour cooking time, I'll stick with my fresh tomato based sauce which also has 6 other vegetables in it (shhh don't tell the kids!)

This sauce was delicious. Will make again!!!!

I added sliced beef hot dogs...mmmm!