Although this newsletter primarily focuses on breakfast & dessert, I decided to share our favorite dinner ideas on occasion. Some of these recipes used to be on my old blog, Sunny Side Suppers. Readers began emailing for them once they were removed from the site, which is shutting down in mid-Oct ‘24.
This is one such recipe - I received dozens of emails asking for it with comments like, “I was crushed to realize that the pasta sauce recipe we …loved is no longer on the site… could [I] get a copy? We tried a different recipe and it made me realize we want this one.”
I don’t send out emails about new savory dinner ideas, but you’ll find them referenced in my end-of-month postcard. Enjoy!
Being married to an Italian man, pasta sauce is serious business in our house. In fact, of all the many types of pasta sauce available on grocery store shelves, there is only ONE that he will eat. And I don’t mean one brand of pasta sauce, I mean one very specific variety of sauce from one very specific brand. In the early days of our marriage this used to drive me nuts because if I didn’t use the right sauce, he wouldn’t eat dinner. He’d just take a bite, put his fork down, then politely go make himself a drink. 😂
Then I learned to make THIS pasta sauce. Made with fresh tomatoes, plus a few other simple ingredients, it’s deeply flavorful and perfect for all kinds of meals. Whenever the hubs hears I’m making something with this sauce, he licks his lips, rubs his hands together, and gets excited for dinner. Then he eats every last bite. Every time.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Passed the picky Italian husband test. See above. I will never make pasta sauce any other way because my husband won’t eat it.
So flavorful. Especially if you make this recipe in the summer with vine-ripened tomatoes. The finished sauce tastes like savory summer sunshine in a pot.
Versatile. We use this sauce for lasagna, pizza, ratatouille and even shakshuka. Sometimes I’ll add it to soup instead of using plain tomato sauce. There are endless ways to use homemade pasta sauce.
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