Homemade spaghetti sauce made with canned crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce. This tastes like a 4 cheese sauce because we add in Parmesan cheese! This sauce might become your new favorite for spaghetti dinner when you don’t have time to cook with fresh tomatoes! Recipe makes 5 cups of sauce.
Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
Fresh tomatoes aren’t always in season for us so when we don’t have tomatoes growing in the garden we love this homemade spaghetti sauce made with canned crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste! It tastes just like a fancy 4 cheese spaghetti sauce that you buy in the grocery store, but even better because it’s made in your kitchen!
In less time then it would take you to put your Crocs on and run to the store, you can make this spaghetti sauce! And because it’s so good, I bet you might like it so much it could become your new favorite pasta sauce!
This recipe makes about 5 cups of spaghetti sauce. You can make it in advance, storing in the refrigerator for a few days, or you can freeze it, lasting up to a year.
Looking for more easy spaghetti sauce recipes? Try my Roma Tomato Sauce, Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce and Creamy Cherry Tomato Pasta.
How to Make Spaghetti Sauce
In a medium/large sized saucepan add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, minced garlic, sugar, oregano and a pinch of red pepper flakes.
Mix to fully combine and then bring to a low boil. Allow to simmer for 20 minutes, blending all the flavors together, stirring often. Tomato sauce can quickly bubble and get messy, so make sure the boil isn’t too high and that you’re stirring it.
Remove from heat and stir in Parmesan cheese.
Mix until you have a creamy spaghetti sauce.
Serve right away with spaghetti and meatballs, or throw in a mason jar to have later this week. Enjoy!
Storing and Freezing
Store any leftover spaghetti sauce in a mason jar or airtight container in the refrigerator, good for up to 4 days. You can also make this ahead of time, and just keep in the refrigerator until ready to use it (within 4 days).
This is such a simple sauce to freeze! Just pour it in a freezer bag, seal it and place in the freezer, good for up to a 1 year. Defrost in the microwave and then heat up on the stovetop.
Creamy Canned Crushed Tomato Spaghetti Sauce
PrintIngredients
- 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 15 ounce can tomato sauce
- 6 ounce can tomato paste
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, minced garlic, sugar, oregano and red pepper flakes, mixing to fully combine.
- Bring to a low boil and then simmer for 20 minutes, stirring often. Tomato sauce can quickly splatter and get messy, so make sure the boil isn’t too high and that you’re stirring it.
- Remove from heat and stir in Parmesan cheese, mixing until sauce is thickened and creamy.
- Serve over spaghetti and enjoy! Any leftovers can be stored in a mason jar or airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. If you'd like to freeze place sauce in a freezer bag, and freeze for up to a year.
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