Mom's Spaghetti Sauce
Mom's homemade spaghetti sauce is a simple, from-scratch family favorite. Made with ground beef, tomatoes, and pantry staples, it's an easy weeknight dinner that freezes beautifully! I typically double this when I make it because it freezes beautifully - and your future self will thank you!
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 2 lb ground beef
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 28 oz can stewed tomatoes
- 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 1-1/2 Tbsp parsley flakes
- 1-1/2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp basil, crushed
Instructions
- Cook ground beef and onion in a heavy sauce pot over medium-high heat. Cook until onion is tender and meat is browned
- Add garlic to sauce pot and cook until fragrant.
- Drain fat.
- Add stewed tomatoes & break up with a fork.
- Stir in tomato sauce, parsley, sugar, salt & basil.
- Simmer uncovered until mixture is as thick as good spaghetti sauce (about 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on how you like it)