When it comes to spaghetti sauce, we are 100% Prego lovin' people. I've tried Ragu and even tried to like Ragu, especially since it's generally cheaper. But it just doesn't work. So I try to buy Prego whenever it's on sale, but it doesn't seem to go on sale often enough (and I really don't run across many coupons for it, either) to keep up with our usage. A few months ago I tried a homemade recipe for spaghetti sauce in the crock pot. Yuck. So the other day I looked for a "Copycat Prego Recipe" and this is what I found. It was easy and tasted EXACTLY like Prego, in my opinion!! And when I figured it up, using the tomato sauce and paste I bought from Aldi (for about $.25 a piece) and the crushed tomatoes I bought on sale with coupons, I got about 3 1/2 times the sauce for the cost of Prego!
This comes from http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf248558.tip.html, but I copied and pasted because there are several other things on the website.
RE: Prego Spaghetti Receipe
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By Ted Williams (Guest Post)
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Copycat Prego Spaghetti Sauce
4 T olive oil
2 large minced garlic clove
1 onion, very finely chopped
2 t dried basil
2 t dried parsley
1 t ground black pepper
1 t dried oregano
2 t salt
2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
1 (28 ounce) cans tomato paste
1 (28 ounce) cans tomato sauce
1/4 c granulated sugar
Heat
oil over medium low heat. Add garlic. Stir and cook until golden brown.
Be careful not to burn the garlic. Add onion and cook until soft and
golden, stirring frequently. Add seasonings and tomato products. Slowly
bring to the boil at a medium high heat. Let boil for 10 minutes,
covered. Reduce to lowest heat. Cover and simmer 1 hour, stirring
occasionally.
Yield: 12 cups
