This sauce tastes just like the prego sauce from the store, especially if it’s allowed to sit in the fridge for a day before eating it. Prego used to be my favorite storebought sauce but I haven’t had to buy it in years!

I don’t like my sauce clumpy, so I’ve made a few changes from the recipe to enhance the texture and the taste.

1/2-1lb ground chuck
36 oz. plain tomato sauce
6 oz. tomato paste
2 tsp sweet basil
1.5 tb sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1.5 tsp onion powder
3 garlic loves, minced
1 tsp. Italian seasoning

Combine ingredients and bring to a simmer, simmer for a minimum of 20 minutes. Brown your beef and add to the sauce to simmer. When you brown the beef you can add some seasonings to the meat - we like garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper.