Does anyone make homemade spaghetti sauce? If not, what brand do you use...

I've always wanted to make it homemade. I only remember my mother using Ragu. That's what I used when I first started cooking. More recently I've switched to using Classico Sweet Basil Marinara. I've attempted to make home made sauce twice. The first time I was completely guessing at what I was doing. It tried to make it straight from fresh tomatos. I chopped em up and threw them in the blender and pressed the button. I probably added some water. This was years ago, so I don't remember all the details, but as I'm sure you can imagine, it didnt work. I made tomato FROTH. lol The second time, I had heard from a few friends that they made "homemade" spaghetti sauce by using canned tomato sauce and adding italian spices. It wasn't what I had in mind. I wanted to start with the whole ,fresh, tomato. But, once day I decided to make spaghetti but I didn't have my usual jar of premade sauce ready. I did have plenty of tomato sauce and some oregano and some other spices and onions, so I threw it all together. It wasn't bad. Now that I read that you poiled down the tomatos, I have a better idea of how it works. Do you skin the tomato before or after you boil it? Is it difficult to skin a tomato? I'll have to give it another try sometime. Thanks for the discussion.

I use Classico when making pasta. Once in a while, I'll use 2 cans of crushed tomatoes, spicy seasoning, red pepper flakes.

I use Hunts, usually the regular brand if I am making spaghetti and meatballs, and the one with the red hot peppers if I am making macaroni casserole. I also use Hunts Garlic and Herb, and sometimes the Classico ones, especially the one that containers Italian sausages. I usually add a bay leaf to them and some fennel seed to make it taste better. I have not made turkey meatballs, we usually buy lean round but we did have ground pork once but that was for Chinese, not Italian.

Yessie to tell you the truth I don't know but wait let me just quickly go and have a look in the pantry! It is called Casa Visco he has 6 bottles on the shelf!

I make my own sauce. I first saute onions and garlic in olive oil then I add two cans of diced tomatoes I usually buy the ones with garlic and basil in them. I simmer this for about an hour. I add basil and oregano to taste. My daughter will not eat any other sauce since I started making this one.

i use a ketchup if spaghetti will be eat, if you like sauce tiram, you will like that, it so wonderful and make me dream and fly to star..will you try

Growing up, my mom used Prego and I loved it! She uses cheaper spaghetti sauce now, Ragu. I hate that stuff. LOL, so at my house I use Walnut Acres Ogranic spaghetti sauce. It's low sodium, fat free, and tastes wonderful.

I'm not really good at homemade sauce, but when I buy premade sauces I usually choose Ragu or Prego. They have several different varieties that you can always try something new. Your recipe sounds delicious!!

I usually make my own. I put some oilve oil in a pan with garlic to toast it, sometimes I also add a small finely chopped onion at this point as well. When the onion is translucent, I add 2 cans of tomato puree. Then basically, I just let it cook down and add some basil or whatever else as it cooks. If I do use jarred sauce, I like Barilla brand.

My mom is Italian and I learned very young to make my spaghetti sauce from scratch. I don't like to eat any other kind and seldom order any type of Italian food in a restaurant because I'm so spoiled!

I make my own sauce. I do occasionally keep some pre-made around for emergencies. Usually just store brand (and I spice it up). When I do my sauce I start by cooking whatever meat I plan on using (if any) with some chopped onion and minced garlic. I add some tomatoes, sometimes fresh and sometimes canned. Tomato paste if needed. And I season with garlic, basil, oregano, rosemary, marjoram and sometimes sage. If the tomatoes are a little too acidic I add a pinch of sugar. If I want it spicier, I'll add some red pepper flakes.

I make my own...2 cans of tomatoe juice,chopped carrots,chopped celery,chopped onion,tomatoe paste,cooked hamburg,garlic salt,pepper,canjun spice,spaghetti spice and water.I also make homemade meatballs to go with it,but my boyfriend doesnt like spicy balls,so i end up eating them all myself!More for me!

I make it homemade a few times. Other times I do take advantage of creature comforts and make it semi-homemade :)