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toedtoes
Jun 08, 2016Explorer III
Try the fresh pasta sauce in the fridge section. I find them a nice change to the canned. Might add sliced mushrooms and olives to the marinara/red sauce. They also come in smaller amounts, so you don't have to make a huge pot or have a 1/2 jar of sauce wasting away in your fridge.
Fresh or Jarred - I don't like any of the sauces with basil or garlic in the title - always too strong with the herbs for my tastes.
Jarred, I pretty much always go with a mushroom sauce:
Ragu Super Chunky Mushroom - the mushrooms are big enough to actually get bites of mushrooms (I've been known to add some sliced olives to this)
Classico Mushroom and Olive - mushrooms are hidden, but do get the occasional olive.
I've done the Ragu mushroom and green pepper - I don't like it as much as the chunky mushroom, but it works in a fix.
Occasionally add my morningstar crumbles (fake hamburger) to the sauce.
Another couple things I've done is used just butter and Parmesan cheese (if you can get Mizithra cheese, then you're in heaven); or used canned diced tomatoes (I like the Italian style) with chicken (or in my case, fake chicken) slices and melted cheese.
This coming from someone who was raised on jarred spaghetti sauce.
Fresh or Jarred - I don't like any of the sauces with basil or garlic in the title - always too strong with the herbs for my tastes.
Jarred, I pretty much always go with a mushroom sauce:
Ragu Super Chunky Mushroom - the mushrooms are big enough to actually get bites of mushrooms (I've been known to add some sliced olives to this)
Classico Mushroom and Olive - mushrooms are hidden, but do get the occasional olive.
I've done the Ragu mushroom and green pepper - I don't like it as much as the chunky mushroom, but it works in a fix.
Occasionally add my morningstar crumbles (fake hamburger) to the sauce.
Another couple things I've done is used just butter and Parmesan cheese (if you can get Mizithra cheese, then you're in heaven); or used canned diced tomatoes (I like the Italian style) with chicken (or in my case, fake chicken) slices and melted cheese.
This coming from someone who was raised on jarred spaghetti sauce.
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