50 lbs of Tomatoes into Canned Spaghetti Sauce | 3 Tips & Updates

Please never take your videos down! This may be an old one but I am using it today to process my frozen and thawed tomato haul from this year's gardening season. It's going really well - first time making pasta sauce and using your recipe here. Thanks again, Rachel for all your wisdom! My house smells amazing right now.

Rachel, (11-28-22) I just canned 14 quarts of spaghetti sauce from your recipe using frozen tomatoes from our garden. I let them thaw in the giant freezer bags that I froze them in (adding tomatoes all season until the bag is full...I had 3 giant bags full). The skins & water are naturally released from the tomatoes as they thaw, which makes them thicken more quickly when cooked. I used your recipe last winter as well. We love this sauce! We think it is the best sauce we have ever eaten! Love your channel!

I ran into the "I don't care" thing when I was a teenager and met my pen-pal in Puerto Rico. She and her parents asked me if I wanted to do something with them and I said that. The stricken looks on their faces are ever in my mind, even 45 yrs later! One of my first lessons on the power of our words... Love you making the brown sugar!

The carrots TOTALLY work! It sweetens your sauce, thickens it from the starches and we used this trick when I was an Assistant Kitchen manager at Carrabbas Italian Grill 😉

I know I'm a year late, but the carrots don't soak up acidity. They release sugars and sugar reduces acidity.

Rachael, you are a joy to watch and I am learning so much from you. I live in Florida so our gardening time is 3/4 of the year. I don't have much land, but I am planning a container garden. I will make your spaghetti sauce recipe. I hope I grow lots of tomatoes and peppers both sweet and hot. We enjoy a little kick with our food. Thanks for sharing your life with me. I watch you, Leisa Sutton and Becky from Acre Homestead most every day.

I just did my tomatoes yesterday. I actually cored mine before freezing, then I just put them in a bowl of water for a minute or so and they peel so easily. Saves more pots on the stove and makes process go quicker!

My boy went to Into the Navy. He’s been in a full year now and is at his duty station where he’ll stay for the next 4 years. Graduation is so emotional. When that bay door opens and they march in... Great idea using the roasting pan. I’ve been oven roasting but I’ll do this next time to avoid heating up the house

Looks delicious and I bet it smells as good.I am Italian an grew up making homemade sauce with every female Italian cook in my family and there are many, thank God. I did not ever hear about the carrot thing and some put sweet peppers in their sauce and some did not. My Mom liked her sauce without sweet peppers so I grew up without mostly, unless we were eating with relatives who cooked them into the sauce. Good tomato sauce is a very personal thing, my family did not make it sweet. We liked the tomatoes to shine. I have two sons who cook very well, one likes the only sweetener to be oregano and the other one has his own recipe which is very delicious. He is only sharing it with his son who is a chef and is my only grandson. I have one grown granddaughter who makes delicious sauce and she likes hers a little on the sweet side. So sorry to run on so much. But I love good pasta sauce with fresh tomatoes and your show brought back so many wonderful memories with loved ones who have passed to a better place. I miss all of them. Thank you for sharing. My oldest son retired 3years ago after 20 years in the Marine Corp. he was a Major at the time. Thank your daughter and your other family member ?? For their service. They are all my heroes.

Wow!! I had no clue that I could make my own brown sugar like that!!!! I bet my 76 yr old mother doesn’t even know about that!! I’m loving all your tips!! I never know what I’m going to learn when I watch your videos! I absolutely love them I’ve been binge watching as I do my household chores and when one of your tips come along I’ll find myself sitting with my mouth open in awe and I just am so thrilled by all the stuff I’m learning! I’m an avid cook but I haven’t done any canning, my parents used to do it but I would always think why are you doing that when you can go to the store and buy a can of sauce for .79cents?!(1970’s Canadian prices) of course now Learning of all the “stuff” inside our food products due to mass production and not knowing exactly what we are getting in our food I’ve definitely learned the value in growing our own food and preserving it and discovering how much better homemade foods are over the store bought and of course it’s no longer that cheap to purchase a can of sauce more like $4.99 (Canadian prices for the good organic stuff) if I can even find it that cheap! Thanks again for showing all your wonderful tips and tricks and how much you are able to produce from how many pounds of produce. Absolutely loving your channel! I’ve even gone back and watched some of you’re early videos when you were just beginning your YouTube journey and it’s so fun to see how you navigated to get where you are now and just how comfortable you are in front of the camera! You should be very proud of all you’ve accomplished over the years!!! Hard work, determination and a true heart shines through. Take good care wishing you many more blessings. I hope your daughter continues to enjoy her military experience it’s clear to see how much you miss her but just know you’ve raised an independent and strong young woman who is going out into the world and conquering it in her own way. Even though they don’t write or call as much as we would like them to I know they think of us often, trust in knowing she can hear your very words in her head when she needs you and your wisdom. God bless you & your family. 🇨🇦🥰🙏🏻

This lady is so nice. Real lady, so calming and a good teacher. I’ve been watching a bunch of videos all calm and my mouth open and I forgot to press “like”…😅

Another late one to the party! I really don't care for spaghetti sauce much but when you have kids and grandbabies you cook what they love. I always add grated carrots to sauce as it cooks down as a thickener and natural sugar source. What I really love are onions, peppers and carrots chunked up in freezer to add to the sauce as I'm using it. They add additional flavor and I get to pick them out to eat. Win win for me. The kids also like the chunks. I don't think you could improve to much on this recipe. I have a 22 qt. Cooker that should have died long ago after using it for sauces, broths, hams cooked picked apart and diced to use in dry beans. Really canning is a never ending therepy session. I enjoyed watching this even though I'm late

I loved this video. Was so informative, but the love you had for your loved ones shined through brighter then any tomato could ever have. Your heart is sweet and filled with something special. Thank you for sharing. Also to each and every parent that has our has had a child serving in our military will you tell them thank you. And I thank you mom and dad. As a parent it is a most precious sacrifice given to me and my family. God bless.

After watching your videos for a while, I was prepared to try this recipe for canning this year. It was a hit! I tweaked it a bit by substituting Italian seasons since I already had that on hand, and by using my tomato powder in place of paste. My mother said it's the best sauce she's ever had. So looking forward to a great year of spaghetti! Thanks so much!

I agree with you, sometimes I just want to open a jar and boil the spaghetti and make a salad and let that be dinner. I’m glad you’re doing this! But here in south Texas, it gets hot so quick, I really don’t get many tomatoes. I need to figure out what to do to make more tomatoes😋

I can hardly wait to start canning tomatoes. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us.

Hoorah Navy! Lol, currently binge watching your videos on deployment now! Love what you guys share and ready to go work in my garden!

Hi Rachel, just found your channel recently. Loving it so much!! Have been canning for years and honestly when i first started out I knew nothing about it and was self taught but over the years found out certain food safety things such as now you’re supposed to just wash your lids in soap and water not simmering them and that you need 1-2” of water above your jars when water bath canning! Apparently its pretty important. Loving the videos you’re so entertaining and funny at times. I learned how to make brown sugar today! SO COOL! Happy gardening from CA!

What I remember of boot camp in Great Lakes, I was cold the whole time and lost a lot of sleep, we stayed up cleaning the barracks and during service week lost more sleep. Snow watch.... pffffft

Oh my gosh. I just found your channel! Michigan is an awesome state. Thanks for the content and knowledge!