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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2014 8:57:42 GMT -5
jarred goes on sale for like $1/jar - I don't think making my own sauce has ever cost $1.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2014 9:05:54 GMT -5
I don't think anyone said homemade is cheap er, just that it's better. I use both so I don't have any skin in this game (neither do my tomatoes! ).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2014 9:38:55 GMT -5
I don't think anyone said homemade is cheap er, just that it's better. I use both so I don't have any skin in this game (neither do my tomatoes! ). If I'm going to use sauce, I prefer jarred as I don't like chunks of anything in my sauce and it seems like that's a prominent feature of homemade
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Post by yogiii on Feb 27, 2014 9:43:48 GMT -5
You can make homemade sauce with ground peeled canned tomatoes, some olive oil, garlic and basil. The can of tomatoes on sale is 79-99 cents so that's fairly close and easy to make.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2014 9:46:32 GMT -5
Hyvee has an amazing store brand jarred sauce. It's on sale for $1 (or less) all the time and I'll stock up on 10-20 jars and be good for a long time. I use it for pizza hotdish and spaghetti (with frozen meatballs from Sam's Club). Very cheap/easy meals. But, I get the one with chunks of vegetable in it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2014 10:07:30 GMT -5
Hyvee has an amazing store brand jarred sauce. It's on sale for $1 (or less) all the time and I'll stock up on 10-20 jars and be good for a long time. I use it for pizza hotdish and spaghetti (with frozen meatballs from Sam's Club). Very cheap/easy meals. But, I get the one with chunks of vegetable in it. I don't eat pasta - unless it's a pasta salad....my kids don't eat it with sauce....we buy pizza sauce if we're making pizza (although I have a great recipe for sauceless pizza and flatouts that we love)....I make lasagna maybe once a year (meatless and plain marinara sauce). but again, for quick and easy weeknight meals, sauce in a jar is perfectly acceptable and tasty.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Feb 27, 2014 10:24:54 GMT -5
I get the tomato basil sauce from Aldi. YUM! And I love the canning jars it comes in. Can never have enough of those! I actually have some vodka sauce left from the last time they had it on special. Need to make some penne with shrimp/chicken to toss that on.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 27, 2014 10:31:55 GMT -5
We get the Full Circle organic marinara sauce as DH can eat it. I think he can eat the chunky veggie one too. And now I'm kinda tempted to try broccoli slaw as pasta. And I hate broccoli. My son, 4.5, insisted on eating peanut butter and cheese sandwiches at my Mom's earlier this week. She let him too. Maybe THAT'S why he was sick Tues. night...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2014 10:36:27 GMT -5
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Post by yogiii on Mar 10, 2014 9:12:19 GMT -5
In general I'd say we already eat very healthy but I still got some great ideas from this thread, so if people have more, keep posting them!
sam - I'm excited to try zucchini pizzas this summer when we have our garden going and end up with more zuchs than I know what to do with.
wrongsideof30 - That quinoa salad recipe is great! I made a double batch and it was gone in 3 days between me, DH and my 3.5 year old.
milee - Thanks for the peanut butter and oatmeal idea! We're already a quick oats family. DD (10 months) has mashed up banana in hers, DS has raisins and cinnamon and I tend to have raisins and walnuts. I love having it with peanut butter and honey. My 3.5 year old still won't try it that way even though I think he'd like it too but I'm sure one day his curiosity will get him into it.
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