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The Secret to Great Pasta Sauce

My friend Claire revealed to me the secret to great pasta sauce – actually, she simply served me some leftover spaghetti and I demanded the recipe! She said that her home canned tomatoes were the secret to great flavor, and adding tomato paste was the solution for runny sauce.

So, when two bags of tomatoes mysteriously appeared at my door the other day (found out later they were extra bounty from our new neighbors), I knew exactly what I was going to do with them.


Look at the size of the tomatoes! They made lovely sauce, which we enjoyed on top of homemade meatball subs. And 6 jars of raw pack tomatoes reside on my pantry shelves for future feasts.

And, yes, to those who are wondering, that is my new butcher block island in the center of my kitchen! I got a 30 inch by 4 foot hunk of butcher block on Craig’s List. It is currently straddling a few low bookshelves until I find a base for it – which I plan to paint the same darker teal of my ceiling. So exciting. My kitchen now ‘flows’ and I feel so at home to be baking and cooking on top of butcher block again.

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  1. Natalie_S says

    September 23, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    We also have been loving homemade pasta sauce over here. Although I admit that not having a. a garden or b. room for canning I make do with Trader Joe's diced tomatoes.

    Congratulations on finding your island. I can sympathize with the lack of good prep/cooking space.

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  2. Karen says

    September 18, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    Wow !!!You were so lucky to be given tomatoes this year 🙂 The weather was not kind to everyone's plants. And they are very expensive here to buy ! I also make my sauce with paste and tomatoes and cook it all day. It's the best !!!!

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