https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 20:44:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-648410 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:49:47 +0000 sarac 648410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to can chili without issue, but I won't do it now. Unless you made the sauce with a trusted canning recipe, you can't can it anyway. Freezing is so much easier, anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-648399 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:43:29 +0000 anbanan15 648399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! I know that canning can be done...I guess my issue is the one time my mom canned veggie soup with beef the cans blew up or something. It didn't turn out well and I have thy in my mind. Freezing would be SOO much easier! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-648398 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:43:04 +0000 regberadaisy 648398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I freeze our homemade meat sauce all the time. Not a big deal. I like to leave some sauce on the side in tiny containers for homemade pizza! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-648394 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:40:21 +0000 Mrs. Pen 648394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anbanan15: we did this in the fall with a huge bushel of tomatoes we got from the farmers market! We put them in mason jars with about an inch of room at the top to allow for expansion, then I froze them. Canning is so much work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-648391 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:38:21 +0000 Pepper 648391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make a marinara that doesn't have meat, and I freeze it since the recipe calls for SO much. It ends up great frozen, I just put it in a ziplock container and then I put the container in a freezer bag.</p> <p>ETA: You can definitely freeze it with meat, however. The only thing I'm iffy about freezing are soups with pasta in them, since the pasta gets kind of mushy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-648037 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:48:44 +0000 Boogs 648037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sauce freezes well, but there's no meat. I think meat can be canned and frozen so I don't see why it wouldn't work out in a sauce. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-648025 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:40:54 +0000 chibee 648025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep when i make sauce i make a huge batch (and it usually is meat sauce) so i freeze them in the big chinese soup containers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-648015 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:29:10 +0000 anbanan15 648015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I never made my own sauce before either! I was so hungry for it and found the recipe online. DH was skeptical but yesterday when I came home I found a 1 lb (!) of prosciutto in the fridge lol. Subtle hint for more I believe hehe. I used 2 oz top-self vodka instead of 1 oz like the recipe says and my jar of roasted peppers was slightly larger but otherwise followed the recipe as is. <a href="http://www.alaskafishingrecipe.com/healthy/recipes/vodka-rigatoni.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.alaskafishingrecipe.com/healthy/recipes/vodka-rigatoni.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-648000 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:20:11 +0000 BSB 648000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anbanan15: Oh, Vodka Rigatoni sounds very yummy. Care to share the recipe. I don't usually make my own sauce so I never froze it either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-647981 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:03:12 +0000 anbanan15 647981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I know! Haha. If I canned it would have to be a ton! hehe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-647971 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:59:12 +0000 Mrs.Someone 647971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it has meat in it, then definitely freeze. For sauces without meat, I'd say it depends on how much extra you have. Canning is a PITA, so it has to be worth it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-647956 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:48:49 +0000 anbanan15 647956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumn865: Thanks! I've done soups and such before and they are always fine. I've made taco meat ahead of time and froze that, so I guess it is really the same thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-647947 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:43:53 +0000 autumn865 647947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I freeze sauce, soups, etc. in the quart size plastic containers the soups come in from Chinese take out. They are the perfect portion size for DH and I to have two good soup bowls or for sauce for noodles. I freeze with meat and as long as its not in the freezer forever it's good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-make-your-own-pasta-sauce#post-647939 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:39:39 +0000 anbanan15 647939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you freeze or can it? Do you freeze or can if it contains meat?</p> <p>I made Vodka Rigatoni the other day and DH LOVED the sauce (okay so did I and everyone else that tried it) and I was thinking about making a bunch of sauce and either freezing or canning it. I know it can be done, my mom did a lot of canning growing up but my only dilemma is the prosciutto and how that would hold up. She never really canned anything containing meat. </p>