Spaghetti/Pasta Sauce

[DoubleLove4]

Anyone have any suggestions for a good Spaghetti Sauce that I can use for the whole family that is South Beach friendly?

Thanks in advance!

[Sleepybear]

I stood in the pasta isle at Walmart FOREVER searching for a pasta sauce I'd be happy with. Many use the NSA Hunt's canned sauce. I live alone so I'm always cooking for just one and don't like the idea of having to put leftovers in tupperware. It is a little runny too but you could add your own stuff to it to make your own sauce.

Since I am lazy I found something else! Classico Four Cheese spaghetti sauce is really good, has NO SUGAR added (note: it doesn't advertise this on the jar, you have to look at the ingredients). It does have some soybean oil in it but not very much, and soybean oil is limited (not to be avoided) anyway. It has 5g of fat per serving which is just under the 6g limit for cheese so I figured it was ok.

I really like it and just found it on sale at Food Lion last night!

A really good ww pasta is Heartland. It's cheap (97 cents a box I think) and can be found at walmart (and probably other places, it's in a tan box) and is made of whole grain durum wheat.

[muskokabride]

My recommendation would be Classico sauces. Practically all of them have no added sugar - just check the lable to ensure.

[Mercedes]

In agreement with the others, Classico is the best. I love the tomato and basil flavor. Yum!!! In fact, I have some today to dip celery in for my snacks!

[Darlene]

With Classico you have to be careful though, I sat and read the backs of all of them. Half had sugar added the other half didnt. There was a garlic one with no sugar added, and a sundried tomato & garlic one.

Most brands of pasta sauce have ones with no sugar added, spend some time reading the labels and you should be able to find plenty.

[DoubleLove4]

Thanks for all the information!

[lenore80]

If you live in the midwest, and have a Meijers near you, I highly reccomend their house label. Its called "meijers select" pasta sauce, garlic and herb. (I think) It was the only affordable brand I could find with no added sugars.

[lemondog]

If you have a Wild Oats near you, my absolute favorite sauce is the Wild Oats Tomato Basil sauce. No added sugars at all. If I'm at the regular grocery, I stick with Classico. Like the others said, though, some have added sugar and some don't, so be sure to read the label.

[ezaldere]

Barilla Mushroom and Garlic is my fave, and it's SBD friendly.

[LyndaB]

I haven't gotten used to the flavor of whole wheat pasta combined with any tomatoe-y sauce just yet... so I prefer my ww pasta with some ICBNB and herbs. In fact, tonight's menu is sauteed shrimp with a tarragon sauce that I'll pour over the pasta. Yummy!

[vickil]

Lynda - could you post the recipe for the tarragon sauce? Pretty please?

[dj_chick]

Ragu Lite is NSA also. I think there are 4 flavors, but all I've ever found is the Tomato and Basil. I'm not crazy about the Basil, so I'm about to start looking for another one, but its a good sauce other than that!

[LyndaB]

Lynda - could you post the recipe for the tarragon sauce? Pretty please?

This is the recipe (I'm sure you can just make the sauce):

Shrimp with Tarragon Sauce

1 pound raw large or jumbo shrimp

1 tspn lemon juice
1 tblspn olive oil
1 tblspn ICBNB

1/4 tspn dry mustard
1/2 tspn minced garlic or 1/4 tspn garlic powder
1 tspn tarragon

1/4 tspn Season-All (if you have it, if not, don't have to have it)

Shell and devein shrimp (if done beforehand, keep in bowl of water in fridge). Place olive oil, ICBNB and lemon juice in large sautee pan on low heat. When ICBNB is melted, add in spices and stir everything to mix evenly.

Place shrimp in single layer and cook on low heat until underside turns pink (about 4 minutes). Turn over gently and do the same on the other side.

Serve alone (or with side of brown or long-grained rice or on ww linguine or spaghetti, if on phase 2; pour sauce over the rice or pasta).

[vickil]

Thank you, sweetie! I've copied it down. I love trying new spices.

[CNY Annie]

What a help this site it. This is my first time and my husband and I are doing this together. We just started Phase 2 and I was wanting to get ideas for spaghetti sauce. Thanks for all the info!