Love this recipe because it is so easy to make and nicely low calorie. 483 calories per serving.

Delicious and kid friendly. :hungry

This is my youngest son's favorite!! For those who like zucchini, I sometimes at 1 diced which I am browning the meat!

Filling meal...literally!

My grandma use to make this sauce all the time and freeze the left over for quick easy meals during the week. Sometimes I get crazy and add black olives, green pepper, red pepper and sun dried tomatoes for a chunky sauce.

I married an Italian jersey boy so I had to learn to make an acceptable gravy for dinner.

This is based on the Bolognese sauce recipe used by many mothers in the UK to feed up a family, dolloped on top of a pile of spaghetti. This is how my mother made hers...but I like to have it with macaroni or with homemade gnocchi, sprinkled with freshly grated parmesan (yum)

Our first big "adult" purchase was our giant shiny 8-quart Calphalon stock pot, used almost exclusively for this sauce :)
This is a family recipe for arrabiata sauce passed down by the Polish women in my family for at least three generations now. (How a spicy Italian meat sauce became the star dish of a Polish cook, I have no idea.)
Great meat sauce starts with great meat. We've found the key is to buy from a specialized butcher. If you have an Italian butcher, even better. It's more expensive, but worth every penny. We get ours out at Springfield Butcher in Springfield, Virginia. Even higher end grocery stores, like Wegmans or Whole Foods, simply can't cut it when the flavor of the meat is this important.
The only other ingredient I am super picky about is the brand of crushed tomatoes we use. Cento (the bright yellow can) is the ONLY brand we have ever found that uses nothing but tomatoes. No citric acid, no salt, no nothing but tomatoes. We've made it before with other brands, and it is not the same.This is the recipe as it now stands. My mother made changes to it over the years, and we made ours. We like things SPICY so we use all hot Italian sausage, but you can dial back the spice by using half hot and half sweet.
This recipe makes a LOT of sauce - you'll need an 8-quart stock pot if making on the stovetop, or else a large crockpot. Leftovers can be easily frozen in small 1-quart Tupperwares for easy meals. We usually get least 6 meals out of this recipe.

A hearty, meaty Italian sauce that's simmered for hours. Perfect for a big Sunday dinner. Not expecting 30 people? Freeze the leftover sauce!