• Peasley@lemmy.world
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    19 小时前

    i really dislike Prego: too sweet for me and the flavor is weak

    my grocery store has nice canned San Marzano-type tomatoes for about $4 for a big can. Enough to make maybe 2 jars of sauce.

    You need to add your own herbs, spices, and simmer a bit but the end result is generally as good as the $10/jar fancy brands. I keep a fancy brand jar in the cupboard in case i don’t have time, but i try to simmer my own sauce as often as possible

    My go-to herbs are coyote mint, yerba buena (Clinopodium), Mexican oregano (Lippia) and california bay leaf. i will also throw in some toasted garlic and some hard cheese when on hand

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      3 小时前

      There are varieties made with little or even no sugar.

      I respect the DIY sauce game, but my point was that if you’re buying pre-made sauce it’s neither pricey nor necessarily loaded with sugar.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      15 小时前

      yeah it’s ketchup.

      if I have to buy a sauce because I don’t have time to make some, it’s newman’s own sockarooni.