Kary's tip: Serve this sauce with whole wheat pasta to increase your fibre intake.
This all-purpose sauce can replace all your store-bought sauces. Brush it on food during grilling or serve on the side for dipping. Use 1 cup (250 mL) sauce for every 4 servings (1 lb/500 g bone-less or 1-1/2 lb/750 g bone-in meat or poultry, or 1 lb/500 g fish).
This recipe makes enough for five servings of sauce. We recommend cooking 3 oz (90 g) of spaghetti for each serving. While she's at it, Melissa can boil and freeze (separately) enough pasta for the Spaghetti Frittata and the leftover sauce. If you eat dairy foods, unlike Melissa, you can sprinkle the pasta and sauce with Parmesan cheese.
Milk chocolate lightens the flavour of this silky dark sauce to make a rich and satisfying treat. For a booze-free sauce, use milk and 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla instead of brandy.
Serve this robust sauce over spaghetti or penne. There's enough for 1-1/2 lb (750 g) pasta, or two meals of 12 oz (375 g) each. Freeze any leftover sauce for future use.
Peeling and seeding tomatoes may take time, but fresh homemade tomato sauce is worth the effort. Firm, ripe plum tomatoes are the best choice for this sauce, and if you grow them in your garden, even better!
No need for gravy when you serve this sweet hot mustard sauce instead. Use the mild mustard powder available in pouches among supermarket spices; the dry mustard in tins is very hot and unsuitable for this sauce.
The flavours of barbecue chicken and homemade cranberry sauce become one in this sweet sauce. Serve it alongside a turkey dinner for a modern spin on jelly. It's also lip-smackingly good on the leftover-turkey sandwiches!
