The best spaghetti sauce made with canned tomatoes. Yes, canned tomatoes from the garden!
The Best Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
I could not find a homemade spaghetti sauce that I liked using our canned tomatoes. So, I made up my own. And I may be biased but this is the BEST spaghetti sauce recipe. Seriously, I can’t wait to make it again. It’s just too bad I made such a big batch that I won’t have to for awhile.
While this recipe uses canned tomatoes from our garden, you could substitute the quarts of canned tomatoes with stewed tomatoes from the store. Tomatoes from the garden tend to have a sweeter taste in my opinion, so you may need a bit more sugar in the recipe if using store bought.
This recipe became a bit of a trial and error until I got it just right. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family did!
Add to your Spaghetti recipe by adding some meatballs from this easy Meatball recipe. Or for another similar recipe you may enjoy this Spaghetti Pie recipe.
Print
The Best Spaghetti Sauce Recipe Made with Canned Tomatoes
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Main
Description
Do you can your tomatoes from your garden? This is the best spaghetti sauce using those tomatoes and other fresh ingredients like basil.
Ingredients
- 3 quarts canned tomatoes
- 2 12 oz cans tomato paste
- 2 TB dried basil
- 2 TB dried oregano
- 2 TB sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 medium onions, diced
- 1 green pepper, diced
- 2 TB garlic, minced
- 2 TB olive oil
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil over medium heat in your sauce pan. Add the diced onion and peppers and saute until the onions are translucent.
- Add the garlic and saute for one minute.
- Add the canned tomatoes and then all remaining ingredients.
- Let simmer for at least 30 minutes.
- Serve over spaghetti noodles. This makes a big batch that will feed a crowd. You can easily freeze the leftovers in a ziploc bag in the freezer to save for later.
Can this recipe be used with fresh tomatoes from the garden? About how many or pounds?
Hi! Yes, you can use fresh tomatoes but you’ll want to boil them down a bit. A quick google search mentioned 2.5-3.5 pounds of fresh tomatoes makes 1 quart canned.
Hello. I just made your spaghetti sauce. It’s delicious. Do you have a recipe for homemade chicken or beef vegetable soup? I’d like to use my canned tomato’s that we made from the garden. Thx. Amy
Hi! My vegetable soup and chicken soup recipes don’t use tomato juice. However, I used my canned tomatoes in my chili recipe.
Hi Amy, unfortunately I do not. Most of my other soup recipes use a chicken broth base. If you find one you like, please let me know!
Is this by any chance on the sweeter side?
Hi Shannon, yes this sauce has a great taste and I would say has a bit of sweetness to it. That’s how I prefer my spaghetti sauces. If you like your sauce less sweet you can always cut down on the amount of sugar the recipe calls for. The best thing about making your own spaghetti sauce is that you can completely customize it to your taste!
I’ve used this recipe for years now, only sauce my husband will eat! We also freeze it, and can it using a hot water bath for 55 minutes (high altitude timing for quarts)
★★★★★
I tried the quick and easy recipe recipe it was delicious I used canned tomatoes and sea salt with mushrooms as well thank you.
Glad you liked it! I am going to try it with mushrooms the next time. Great idea!
This is very good. I have a picky husband when it comes to spaghetti sauce. I just made it for the second time because he loves it.
So glad you all liked it as much as we do! 🙂