5 Easy Spaghetti Sauce Recipes

Spaghetti is one of the dishes that kids will always look for and crave. It is best to be equipped with a spaghetti sauce recipe that you can cook in a jiffy for home cooked dinners or weekend treats.

Feel free to let your creativity run wild as you make these easy spaghetti sauce recipes to share with family and friends.

Nut-Pesto Sauce

Ingredients

350-400 g basil leaves

1 cup pine nuts

1 head garlic

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 cup Parmesan cheese

Salt and pepper

Steps

In a food processor, pour in garlic and pine nuts and pulse for 15 seconds. Add basil leaves and some of the oil and pulse for a few seconds. Keep adding oil to make it smoother. Add cheese and puree for about a minute. Pour onto pasta noodles.

Fried Sardines and Capers Spaghetti

Ingredients

1 head garlic, crushed

1/4 cup olive oil

1 bottle of sardines in olive oil

1/3 cup of capers

Salt and pepper

Parmesan cheese

Steps

In a frying pan, sauté garlic in olive oil but do not burn. Add capers and then add sardines. Crush sardines as they fry. Sprinkle salt and pepper. When sardines are evenly shredded, turn off heat. Immediately add cooked spaghetti or linguine noodles and toss. Add cheese and serve.

Sundried Tomato Pasta

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil

3 garlic cloves, crushed

1/3 cup sundried tomatoes, slivered

A handful of basil leaves, slivered

1 medium onion, chopped

Salt and pepper

Steps

In a frying pan, heat oil and add onions. Once onions are translucent, add garlic and sundried tomatoes. Sprinkle salt and pepper. Pour cooked pasta noodles and toss until evenly coated.

Aglio Olio

Ingredients

5 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 cup olive oil

Salt

2 tbsp flat leaf parsley, chopped

Grated Parmesan cheese

Steps

In a sauce pan, add oil, garlic and salt. Warm in low heat. Sauté garlic until it is golden, then add noodles and toss. Add cheese last.

Recipe source: www.foodnetwork.com

Bacon Spaghetti

Ingredients

Bacon, chopped into tiny pieces

1 can diced tomatoes

A few cloves of garlic

1 tbsp olive oil

Steps

In a sauce pan, heat the oil and add the garlic. When garlic is light brown, add bacon. Cook for 2 minutes before adding diced tomatoes. Let it simmer for 15 minutes or until sauce has thickened.

Recipe source: studentrecipes.com