Comments on: Lazy Man’s Healthy Tomato Sauce

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:36:27 +0000

For an alternative to pasta, I julienne squash and zucchini and pour the sauce over them (raw or lightly steamed). Tastes amazing.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:15:08 +0000

Normally, I can’t stand wheat pastas… they usually taste too weird to go well with my already existing sauce recipes. But Trader Joe’s has this amazing wheat pasta with flax (in red paper packages) that tastes just like regular pasta, if not better.

Try that next time.

By: Steve Kirk

Steve Kirk — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:01:01 +0000

I do most of the cooking at home and I don’t stick to recipes either. They are just a suggestion and it drives my wife wild. However, for the very same reason, I do not do much cake baking because it IS all about the recipe, the measurements and the science. Too much trouble.

I like to make a ragout with zucchini, mushrooms and onions and home made sauce, like yours. Cook the veggies first in some olive oil and salt as they cook to draw out some of the moisture or your sauce will become watery. We put this into individual heat proof ramekins and cover with Italian cheese and back until the cheese melts.

I also add some red pepper flakes to my sauce when my wife is not looking.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:15:20 +0000

I do the same thing with recipes – I’ll look it over to get a general idea, and then I’ll wing it and turn it into something of my own.

For the sauce, I also recommend at least mixing in wheat pasta on occasion, quite tasty. You could also have it as a snack on pita, make chicken or eggplant parmesan, pizza or calzones, use it as a salad dressing.

I do run marathons, and pasta is a regular part of my diet, so I never have trouble finding things to do with it.

By: Mags

Mags — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:18:12 +0000

Trader Joes has an excellent Sprouted Wheat Papparadelle pasta with a very high fiber content (13% daily requirement). Regular white pasta just seems so boring now in comparison.

By: deepali

deepali — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:45:16 +0000

chicken or eggplant parmesan? a base for a hearty stew? i love making my own sauce – i get lots of tomatoes during the summer and stew and freeze them. then i use them throughout the fall and winter for sauce.

By: Debbie M

Debbie M — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:55:52 +0000

I do almost the same thing, except
* I also use a can of tomato paste – this makes the sauce seem thicker and richer
* I brown the meat in a large pot, then add the contents of the cans to the same pot. (I have no dishwasher, so this leaves one less pot to wash.) (I get 96% lean ground beef so I don’t have to drain it.)
* I also use rosemary, thyme, and onion powder and I always use garlic or garlic powder.
* I sometimes substitute that soy protein stuff for half the hamburger
* I never “have fun” with it

Instead of pasta, I’ve heard you can pour it over spaghetti squash.

Also, some people add a lot of vegetables so that they’re pouring it over maybe half vegetables and half pasta.

I think spaghetti sauce is so healthy that even after pouring it over pasta and putting parmesan cheese all over it, it’s still good for you. And maybe some whole wheat garlic toast and a salad.

The whole wheat pastas I’ve tried are easy to cook the wrong amount of time. I’ve come to prefer spinach pasta which at least has more fiber than regular but is easier to cook properly and tastes better to me. If you find the jerusalem artichoke pasta, that stuff is awesome, too.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:06:45 +0000

Sounds delicious!
I usually don’t follow a recipe when I cook either. I sometimes get an idea in my head and just go with it!

You could put the tomato sauce on chicken, like a chicken cacciatore. Add some other vegetables to it as well.
You could make Sloppy Joes, soups, and stews.
How about vegetarian dishes? You could use portobello mushrooms, eggplant, or spaghetti squash.

By: Dr. CJ

Dr. CJ — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:22:12 +0000

If you’d like to have pasta, try a whole wheat pasta – lower glycemic index, actually has a more substantive taste than starchy white pasta. My wife and I actually prefer the taste of whole wheat pasta now.