We’ll be having spaghetti for supper with home made spaghetti sauce. Mostly home made, anyway. I did put a jar of Four Cheese Sauce in with the rest of the ingredients, so I guess I cheated a little.

Anyway, here’s how I made the sauce, and it’s smelling very tempting already!

Ingredients:

• 1 jar Four Cheese spaghetti sauce
• 1 large can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 large bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 large onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons finely diced garlic (the kind from a jar)
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 3 tablespoons each of freshly snipped sweet basil, Italian parsley, and oregano
• 1 tablespoon freshly snipped oregano
• 2 teaspoons sugar (to cut the sharpness of the diced tomatoes)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Nothing complicated here. I put everything in my large electric skillet to simmer on low until the onion and bell pepper are thoroughly cooked. I’m stirring it occasionally since tomato based foods tend to stick and burn a bit if they’re not moved around.

You’ll notice there’s no meat in this, but you could add some if you want.

• 1 pound lean ground beef, browned
• 1 pound deveined, peeled shrimp
• 1 pound smoked sausage, cut into disks
• Meatballs, as many as you like
• 2 cups diced, cooked chicken breast

Let your imagination be your guide!

Here’s a picture of the sauce in the skillet. As you can see, I keep my favorite cooking gadgets right on the old stove I have!

I’ll upload a picture of the whole supper plated later after we get finished with it. I hope I snap the shot in time!

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