other uses for Spaghetti Sauce

[CLN123]

Any ideas for using up spaghetti sauce other than eating spaghetti? I love it, but trying to come up with other uses for Ragu, lol.

[heateras]

pour it over meatloaf?
meatball subs..

[jen276here]

My favorite: Generic Stuffed Peppers w/o the peppers lol - This is a quick, easy make meal:

In my house this feeds me and DH

1 bag of Steamfresh Rice
1 cup of browned ground beef (I cook up batches of ground beef and freeze portions in plastic baggies that I can quickly microwave and add to meals)
1 cup of Spaghetti Sauce (more or less to your liking)
Onions, Peppers, Salt, Pepper to your liking (like I said, I don't like the texture of Peppers (or onions) cooked so I use onion powder, skip the peppers and just a pinch of salt and pepper.


Cook the rice per instructions (microwave for 4 1/2 minutes I think)
Heat the sauce in microwave for about 1 minute (maybe more/less depending on your microwave and the amount of sauce. It helps to stir sauce about 1/2 way through too)
Heat up ground beef -or- cook and drain and add veggies/seasonings

Voila -Dinner is served in less than 10 minutes!

[CW&M Mom]

make lasagna

Use it with bread sticks (as a marinara)

[3timesoccermom]

Could it be adapted for tomato soup or a vegetable soup?

[CLN123]

That sounds good. I'll have to try it. Thanks for the ideas.

[gettinrevvin2007]

homemade beefaroni w/ some free after Qs, elbow noodles.

[3timesoccermom]

Duh! Pizza! How could I forget that? Have you tried it over chicken breasts? I season, then cover with saran wrap and pound til they're even, then lightly brown in olive oil. Put a little of the sauce in the bottom of a baking pan, put more over each piece of chicken, bake about 15 minutes. Top with a hunk of mozzarella, provolone or Muenster cheese, some Parmesan and some basil. Yum.

Also Beef parmesan or an Italian meatloaf. I used to make one where you took the meat and pressed it out on a baking sheet or wax paper into a rectangle. Then you combined shredded mozzarella, parmesan, garlic salt and basil in a small bowl and put it on the rectangle at one end, leaving an inch or so on all edges. Then roll up like a jellyroll and place in pan to bake. Can't get more specific since I have lost the recipe.

This topic interested me too so I did some looking around:

Super Simple Sloppy Joes:

Brown up equal parts hamburger and bulk sausage, add some chopped onions, and bell peppers. Stir in your favorite pasta sauce and heat. Spoon onto rolls/buns.

Sweet and Sour Dogs:

Bring 4 cups thin sliced onions, 1 cup pasta sauce, ½ cup water, and 2 tbsp brown sugar to a boil; cover and simmer 40 min. Serve over hot dogs or add hot dogs and simmer for another 4-5 min.

Short Cut Cream of Tomato Soup:

Sauté fresh herbs of choice in butter; add 1 jar pasta sauce, 2 cups water, ½ cup heavy cream and a pinch of nutmeg. Simmer for 5 min.

Minestrone Soup - Boil 1 jar pasta sauce and 5 cups water. Stir in cooked small pasta, chopped mixed vegetables, canned beans and grated Parmesan cheese; cook until vegetables are tender.

More ideas from same site as recipe above:

Pillaging With Buffie: Uses For Spaghetti Sauce

[loaslaen]

I recently used Ragu on homemade pizzas.

[aquene27]

I use it for meatball subs and chicken parmagian