Quick and simple Italian pasta sauce: learn Italian and cook!

canned tomatoes

🥗Healthier: fresh tomatoes

💰Cheaper: crushed tomatoes

Fresh tomatoes enhance flavor while crushed tomatoes are budget-friendly.

red wine

🥗Healthier: grape juice

💰Cheaper: beef broth

Grape juice adds sweetness without alcohol, while broth keeps costs down.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: lentils

Ground turkey reduces fat content, lentils offer a plant-based option.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free, while pecorino is often less expensive.

Chop the onion into small pieces.

Open the can of peeled tomatoes and pour them into a bowl.

Cut the whole tomatoes into smaller pieces.

Add a bit of water to the can and pour it into the bowl with the tomatoes.

Heat a saucepan and add some olive oil.

Add the chopped onions to the oil in the saucepan.

Add the chopped tomatoes to the saucepan with the onions.

Add coarse salt and a leaf of basil to the sauce and mix.

Let the sauce simmer for at least 20 minutes.

Fill a pot with water and wait for it to boil.

Weigh 400 grams of rigatoni pasta for four people.

Add coarse salt to the boiling water.

Add the pasta to the boiling water.

Set a timer for 15 minutes for the pasta to cook.

Taste the sauce to check the flavor.

Drain the pasta once it's cooked.

Put the drained pasta into a bowl.

Add the sauce to the pasta and mix well.

Plate the pasta and add some more sauce on top.

Garnish with a bit of parmesan and a leaf of basil.

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