Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

January 5, 2022
Recipe By: Heather Kelley

This Homemade Spaghetti Sauce is so healthy and tasty! Not to mention it only takes 15 minutes.

Prep Time5 min
Cook Time10 min
Total Time15 min

Ingredients

The Beef/Onion Base

1 Large Yellow Onion
1 LB Ground Beef
1/2 tsp Onion Powder
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/4 tsp Ground Black Pepper
1/2 tsp Salt

The Rest

28 oz Diced Tomatoes
15 oz Tomato Sauce
6 oz Tomato Paste
1/2 tsp Onion Powder
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
2 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
2 tsp Salt

Method

Dice the onion. Place a large sauce pan or pot on your stovetop and turn onto medium high heat. Add the onions, and all of the ingredients in the “Beef/Onion Base” list.

Using a spatula, break down the beef into small pieces. Stir occasionally until the beef is cooked through. About 3-4 minutes.

Once the beef is fully cooked, add in “The Rest” of the ingredients. Stir together until all of the ingredients are incorporated.

Cover the sauce with a lid and turn the heat to medium. Cook for 5 more minutes. After 5 minutes, remove the lid, stir once more and serve!

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce | How To Video

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce | Method

Hello Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce! This is my go to recipe anytime I’m in a pinch for dinner. It’s easy, hearty, and my family loves it. I can also feel good about giving it to my kids as it’s made with whole food ingredients. It’s great over zoodles, chickpea noodles (my favorite), as a dipping sauce to garlic bread, or just plain ol’ spaghetti noodles. It also freezes well if you want to make it in bulk.

Let’s start with the meat portion of this recipe. You may have noticed that I’m seasoning the beef with the exact same ingredients that I’m putting in the sauce….why? Because it seasons the beef! This allows a full flavored bite, instead of a sauce that has flavor with some bland meat that was just sitting in it.

Use this principle in any dish! Whenever you’re cooking a base of a sauce or a soup, season up the base ingredients and you’ll get a much richer depth of flavor. This can be meats, veggies, or just precooking some herbs in oil to get more flavor.

After you’ve seasoned your beef mixture well and it’s cooked through, time to dump in the rest of the ingredients. Can I tell you how much I love dump recipes?! They are the BEST! It’s cooking at it’s most convenient. Once everything is dumped in, stir away until everything is incorporated. Cover the sauce for 5 minutes to let the flavors deepen and the onion to soften.