Comments on: What’s the best marinara sauce under $5?

By: Dotm540

Dotm540 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:18:00 +0000

It was the best. Have you tried it lately. It no longer is the wonderful tasting sauce you would buy. It was full of diced tomatoes and is watery. No taste. Sooooooo disappointed.

By: Bryon Thornberry

Bryon Thornberry — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:34:00 +0000

Just happened to buy Barilla once, and it’s all I use now. We like things spicey so we do add red pepper flakes.

By: cliff

cliff — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:29:56 +0000

1/8th cup olive oil in spagetti pot add 2 medium onions diced and 3 tablespoons fresh garlic cook on medium until carmelized.Add into the same pot whole imported peeled plum tomatoes,1-12oz puree and 1 8 oz paste,8 oz water,basil,sea salt.Turn down heat cook in low 4 hours.Mom’s recipe.

By: el cheapo

el cheapo — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:16:01 +0000

The cheapest way to buy tomato sauce is in a CAN instead of a jar. A 26.5oz can of Hunt’s costs $1.99 in keyfood. Jars only hold approximately half that amount, and cost at least $.50 more.

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Make vs. Buy: a fiscal guide to your fridge | Brokelyn — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:10:12 +0000

[...] a decent cook and you have decent ingredients, whatever you make at home WILL taste better than its packaged counterpart from the store. Similarly, ‘making it’ is usually a better fiscal decision than ‘buying it.’ But [...]

By: Tracey

Tracey — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:13:51 +0000

At Pathmark, they have Greenway organic Marinara sauces in jars for $2.50 each. And they’re really pretty good.

By: bean

bean — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:44:33 +0000

you forgot to include fairway’s own marinara…it’s very good and reasonably priced.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:38:49 +0000

Dear S C, I agree with you wholeheartedly about Rozzano’s from BJ’s. I fell in love with it about a year ago. I have tried getting it the past three weeks, and it looks like they are not selling it any longer. I’ve been searching on-line to find it????!!!

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:31:28 +0000

Make your own is right.

You get three cans of tomatoes, and three of tomato puree, fresh garlic, fresh basil, fresh parsley, salt pepper. Simmer for 90 minutes to an hour, making sure it doesn’t burn on the bottom. Divide into a bunch of containers, and freeze them.

It’s something like a dollar a dinner for four people if you get the cans on sale. If you make the white beans from scratch, that’s two meals worth for $1.49 or less. And $1.00 for the pasta. The Romano you put on top is most of the cost.

By: S C

S C — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:45:54 +0000

I vote for Rozzano Marinara Pasta Sauce. Pack of 2 (32 ounce) jars for $6.79 ($3.40 each) at BJ’s. Ingredients: Imported Italian tomatoes, pure Italian olive oil, fresh onions, fresh basil, fresh garlic, sea salt, and spices. I started using it because I was looking for a sauce without a sweetener for a low-glycemic diet, and it was so good I stuck with it.