for my sauce, i sautee whole cloves of garlic and onions in olive oil to start. i then add a can of tomato puree and i dice a few tomatos and add those. i usually fill the can up with water and s...

that's the exact way i do it too. i have yet to try grinding fresh tomatos up for sauce. my mom does it sometimes, and it def. makes it amazing.

I peel the skin off my tomatoes by scoring and flashing them, then squish them with my hands. Wear an apron, that's my only caution.

okay, i'm italian, so OBVIOUSLY a good cook, haha ;-) but i'm not a chef (by profession) so i'm not down w/ the lingo. by scoring, you mean putting a slit in the skin? and flashing you mean dipping...

You're totally right. Pull off the stems, slice the skin slightly twice all around (forming quarters) then drop them in boiling water for about 15 seconds. The skin peels right off. I found that...

interesting! i think i will try it tonight. i have no plans...so i'll cook! know what i love about making a big pot of sauce? it's super versitle..plus you can make a large amount and it freezes ...

I love it when I've got nothing to do but cook. Make some meatballs too!

okay, i am really upset. i spent over 3 hours in the kitchen yesterday between making the sauce and cleaning everything up. and you know what? the sauce came out terrible. it didnt taste BAD, it j...

I usually use beefsteak tomatoes. I never remove the seeds. It's possible that you had a tomato that was not ripe enough or that was sour; sometimes you can't tell a sour tomato until you actuall...

no, i didnt burn the garlic. i used roma tomatos...i do think they could have been riper...they werent green, but they werent a vibrant red. i will try it again..but it did make a mess. haha it wa...

I'm sorry it didn't work for you! Do you typically add sugar to your sauce? It's possible that since you weren't using canned tomatoes, with all the sugar they have, you weren't getting any sweet...

i did add some sugar, I dont typically. But when things were going down hill, i was trying anything. I used more of other seasoning as well... fresh basil and parsley. I even added a carrot to try ...