18 Pasta Sauce Recipes

Pasta’s so easy to cook, and such good comfort food when it’s cold outside. You can save money by making your own sauces instead of buying storebought. Many sauce recipes are super easy to make, even though they often take hours of simmering to prepare.

Red sauces

1. 15 Minute Pasta Sauce – a basic, flavorful tomato sauce for when you don’t have time for hours of simmering
2. 20 Minute Pasta Sauce – for those of you who have slightly more time than the 15-minute crowd
3. 5 minute tomato sauce – in case you’re seriously pressed for time and hankering for pasta
4. Homemade Tomato Sauce II – tomato, onions, garlic and basil
5. Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce – from Emeril Lagasse
6. Eggplant Caper Sauce Recipe – with basil and tomatoes

White Sauces

1. Creamy Buscaiola – bacon and mushroom
   
2. Basic Alfredo Sauce – rich and creamy, with just a hint of nutmeg
3. Creamy Parmesan sauce – with a little black pepper
4. Roasted Garlic-Ricotta Pasta Sauce – low fat cheese and herbs
5. Primavera - the classic veggie sauce
6. Cilantro Pesto - with garlic, pine nuts and parmsesan

Meat Sauces

1. Rustic Pasta Sauce Recipe with Hot Italian Sausage, Summer Squash, Onions, and Sage – a hearty meat sauce without a lot of liquid
2. Herbs, Lemon & Shrimp Sauce – a mildly spicy sauce with shrimp
3. Bolognese – beef, veal, pork, mushrooms, a classic hearty sauce
4. Gourmet Spaghetti Sauce – beef, onions, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and more
5. Chicken Pasta with Thyme-Mint Cream Sauce – just what it sounds like
6. White Clam Sauce – wine, garlic, parsley, olive oil, etc.

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Posted in Easy Food on January 13, 2009