Tomato Sauce Recipes

If the rich flavor of homemade tomato sauce makes your pasta, this recipe collection will not disappoint. Choose your favorite homemade tomato sauce from easy, classic, no-cook, hearty, chunky, meat, and Italian recipes.

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Cottage Casserole

From Family Circle

This ground beef and pasta casserole is a great make-ahead recipe to stash in your freezer. Just be sure to allow a couple days before you need it, so the casserole can safely thaw in the refrigerator.

Cottage Casserole

Chicken Parmesan

From Tyler Florence

Chicken Parmesan

Spaghetti and Meatballs

From Family Circle

Try meatballs and spaghetti sauce from scratch. Serve these ground beef and sausage meatballs and you'll remember why this is one of the best-loved pasta recipes for family meals.

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Fresh Tomato Sauce

From Fine Cooking Magazine

When all those ripe, red summer tomatoes start to overtake the counter, I pull out my biggest saucepan and get to work on a big batch of fresh tomato sauce. Because this sauce freezes so well, you can enjoy the essence of summer's flavors long after the last tomato plant has withered--insurance of the seasonal kind.

Fresh Tomato Sauce

Taco Lover's Pasta Sauce

From Heart-Healthy Living

For this dinner recipe, ground beef is flavored like a taco to make a sauce for whole wheat pasta. Top with cilantro and cheese to keep the theme going.

Taco Lover's Pasta Sauce

Spaghetti Frutti Di Mare

From Midwest Living

Mussels, shrimp, and squid simmer in a homemade tomato-wine sauce that's served over pasta in this main-dish recipe.

Spaghetti Frutti Di Mare

Cheesy Calzones

From Better Homes and Gardens

Calzones are pizzas that have been transformed into turnovers. The same dough and toppings that are used for pizzas can be used to make calzones.

Cheesy Calzones

Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

Serve this pasta recipe as a light side dish, or add grilled chicken to serve as a complete meal.

Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce

Pasta Fagioli with Sausage

From Family Circle

Fagioli refers to beans in general, which are a favorite ingredient in Tuscan cooking, and an easy way to add protein to a pasta recipe without adding more meat.

Pasta Fagioli with Sausage

Three-Cheese-Stuffed Shells

From Better Homes and Gardens

To lower fat while boosting nutrition in this popular Italian pasta recipe, replace some of the high-fat cheeses with crumbled tofu.

Three-Cheese-Stuffed Shells

Creamy Canadian Bacon And Tomato

From Family Circle

Use this Canadian bacon and ricotta cheese mixture to fill stuffed pasta such as ravioli and tortellini.

Creamy Canadian Bacon And Tomato

Spicy Shrimp Fra Diavolo

From Family Circle

Diavolo is the Italian word for devil and refers to sauces seasoned with hot chiles. In this 20-minute recipe, red pepper flakes provide plenty of heat for a shrimp and tomato sauce that's tossed with linguine.

Spicy Shrimp Fra Diavolo

The Original Toasted Ravioli

From Midwest Living

To make these hot appetizers, bread and fry purchased ravioli, then make a homemade tomato sauce to dip them in.

The Original Toasted Ravioli

Bowties with Tuna

From Family Circle

This pasta and tuna one-dish dinner can be prepared in less than 30 minutes. Save this recipe for a night when you need a meal in a hurry.

Bowties with Tuna

Blue-Ribbon Italian Sauce

From Midwest Living

Give this rich tomato sauce plenty of time to simmer so the flavors develop. Add the homemade meatballs for a true Italian meal.

Blue-Ribbon Italian Sauce

Penne A La Siciliana

From Family Circle

Vegetarian is delicious and easy with this 30-minute recipe. Toss pasta with a quick-to-make eggplant and tomato sauce then top with smoked mozzarella.

Penne A La Siciliana

All'amatriciana

From Family Circle

This 20-minute recipe features pasta in a bacon and basil tomato sauce. Use any strands of pasta you have on your shelf--spaghetti, angel hair, or linguine.

All'amatriciana

Lobster Over Linguine

From Family Circle

Treat your family to linguine tossed with lobster and a tomato-wine sauce. If you're pressed for time on meal day, steam the lobsters the night before.

Lobster Over Linguine

Spaghetti With Meatballs

From Family Circle

If you don't have a favorite spaghetti and meatball recipe, this one might be it. The meatballs are made with a mixture of ground turkey, roasted peppers, and mushrooms and added to a classic style spaghetti sauce.

Spaghetti With Meatballs

Baked Ziti with Tomato, Mozzarella & Sausage

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Try to find freshly made ricotta and mozzarella to see how good this rustic dish can be.

Baked Ziti with Tomato, Mozzarella & Sausage

Grilled Chicken and Garden Vegetable Penne Pasta with Oven Roasted Tomatoes

From Midwest Living

Impress your guests when you toss together colorful roasted vegetables and grilled chicken with pasta and fresh basil to make this delicious main dish.

Grilled Chicken and Garden Vegetable Penne Pasta with Oven Roasted Tomatoes

Fresh Tomato Sauce with Pasta

From Better Homes and Gardens

If the chopped tomato is especially juicy, it can thin the sauce. Place the chopped pieces in a strainer or colander set over a bowl. Allow tomato pieces to drain 10 to 15 minutes to remove excess juices.

Fresh Tomato Sauce with Pasta

Fresh Tomato Sauce

From EatingWell

A basic tomato sauce can be at the heart of so many great meals: pizza, pasta dishes, sauteed vegetables and soups, just to name a few. Take advantage of the summer harvest to stock your freezer with this sauce and you'll be one step closer to a garden-fresh meal.

Fresh Tomato Sauce

Pasta and Fresh Tomato Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

This fresh pasta sauce recipe is the essence of simplicity. Chopped Roma tomatoes, lightly sauteed in olive oil and seasoned with basil, are tossed with hot cooked rotini and topped with grated cheese..

Pasta and Fresh Tomato Sauce

Fresh Tomato & Basil Sauce

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Suggested pasta: 1 pound farfalle Beyond pasta: Spoon over grilled shrimp, scallops, or whitefish; spread on thick slices of grilled bread. Cheese option: 5 ounces ricotta salata, cut into a 1/4 inch dice (to yield about 1 cup)

Fresh Tomato & Basil Sauce

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