Three Mama’s Spaghetti Sauce
Made with tomato sauce, basil, oregano, and other famous Italian ingredients, Three Mama’s Spaghetti Sauce will be the talk of your next family dinner!
Homemade spaghetti. Or as my children used to call it, skabetti. Yummy!
I can’t think of a better way to enjoy the chilly fall season then to make this dish.
I have had plenty of requests for this recipe and truth be known, this was the first dish that I ever posted on this blog.
This recipe has gone through some tweaking over the years, however, I think we have it right where we love it now. This is the last and final version that I will make.
After long evenings spent with both my mother and my mother-in-law, discussing how we make our spaghetti sauce, I decided to take a few ingredient suggestions from their recipes and add them into my original one.
It was my mother-in-law’s idea to add an additional jar of sauce and my mother’s idea to add the red wine.
Thus is the reason why I renamed this dish, Three Mama’s Spaghetti Sauce. It literally took three mama’s to make it.
I have made this dish for quite a few new mothers in our area because it is just so darn easy to make. I discovered it four years ago and it has become one of my favorites to make for friends and family.
If you are pressed for time, you can make this in your slow cooker and let it cook all day. You can also make it ahead of time and freeze it.
Husband Man and I have yet to come across another recipe that tops this one 😉
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef (or 1 lb. ground Italian Sausage)
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 29 ounce canned crushed tomatoes
- 15 ounce canned tomato sauce
- 12 ounce can tomato paste
- 1/8 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 24 ounce jar of spaghetti sauce (or marinara sauce)
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 16 ounce package of Vermicelli Noodles
Recommended Cookware For This Recipe:
Instructions
- Brown ground beef/sausage in a frying pan over medium heat until brown and crumbly.
- Using the same pan, add the onions and garlic. Cook until the onions are transparent.
- Place the meat/onion mixture into the slow cooker. Combine the rest of the ingredients in the slow cooker until well mixed.
- Cook on low, 8-10 hours or on high 4-6 hours.
- Serve over vermicelli noodles and top with Parmesan Cheese.
This sounds divine and soo totally comforting on a cool Fall day:)
Oh this is such a great item to have in ones repertoire for cold nights!! Especially working moms like me.. I can use all the help I can get with meals like this!!
Oh HEAVEN! – nothing better than a good spaghetti sauce…..looks d'lish! I will definitley be making this lovely recipe ASAP!
Yes, this is total comfort food at it's best 🙂 Hope you ladies enjoy it 😉
This recipe looks so yummy…and your photos always suck me in! Thanks for sharing….
Haha! Thanks Marsha…lol!
what size of ragu sauce do you use?
The 16 oz. jar 😉
thanks
I BOUGHT EVERYTHING FOR THIS. SOUNDS DELICIOUS. WHEN I BROWN THE SAUSAGE DO I CUT IT UP IN SMALL PIECES AND ADD TO THE SAUCE
Yes…you are correct 🙂 Cut it up into small pieces and add it to the sauce 🙂
Libby, just wondering if this would work with chicken mince instead (as we don't eat red meat)?
Thanks,
Lynda
I have never tried it with chicken mince or shredded chicken so I honestly can't say if it would work or not. I would be interested to know though 😉
Just wondering why you add the half jar of sauce? I was thinking of making it without – have you tried it without it? Does is come out ok?
The spaghetti sauce is for added flavor and a smooth texture. It is completely optional. I used to make it without the sauce, however, my mother-in-law had mentioned that little trick a few years ago so I tried it and make it that way now 🙂
This looks apsolutely delicious! I am trying it tomorrow for supper 🙂
We hope you enjoyed it 😉 We LOVE it here 🙂
I imagine that the jarred spaghetti sauce gives it a touch of sweetness that American sauces tend to have. I usually just add about a tablespoon of brown sugar to mine for a nice depth of flavor and to cut down on the acidity a bit. I'll try the jarred sauce and see how that turns out!
Please do and let us know what you think 😉
This is our family’s go-to recipe for spaghetti sauce! We make this at least once a month!!
This is the BEST spaghetti sauce EVER! I make it often and anytime we have family or friends over they beg for the recipe! It’s always a hit!
I’m so glad you and your loved ones enjoy it Kristen 🙂 Thank you for letting us know 😉
made this and family enjoyed it immensely! ty for sharing
Yay! I’m so glad they enjoyed it! We LOVE it here at our house 😉
I thought your Mom said to add White Wine….Your recipe shows red wine
Woops! Thank you for catching that Greg! That was an error on my writing. I fixed it 😉