Midweek Menu 172 (Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce)

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Making a tasty weeknight meal has never been easier! Whether you’re in the mood for hearty comfort food or lighter flavorful recipes, you’re in luck because this menu has a bit of both. With a make-ahead appetizer, a homemade spaghetti sauce, a shortcut side dish, and a creamy chocolate dip for dessert, you’ll have everyone begging for seconds!

I have made various versions of this meal countless times throughout the years, and let me tell you it’s a family favorite! Anytime my boys are having a hard week, I whip out this Spaghetti Sauce recipe. Eventually, it got to the point where they just nicknamed it ‘Mama Sauce.’

This homemade spaghetti sauce is rich, flavorful, and filling, taking about an hour to make. I recommend starting on your sauce and then moving on to the Garlic Knots, which only take 20 minutes to bake. Since the sauce takes a little longer to cook, I like to pair it with a couple of make-ahead recipes.

Antipasto Skewers only take 15 minutes to prepare and have perfectly compatible flavors, plus you can make them at your convenience. As Chocolate Dip is a refrigerated recipe, it is the ideal make-ahead dessert for any meal. This light, creamy dip recipe is also super easy to double or triple, so you can make dessert for the whole week in one sitting!

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Let’s Eat Menu Planner

Now that we’ve got the menu, I want to give you another tool to help you be successful at cooking for yourself and your family.

I’ve made a one-page MENU PLANNER that you can download and print so that you can log your target recipes for the week. Whether you are cooking a “theme” menu like Mexican, or Italian, or have a recipe that uses chicken or beef, this helpful tool is sure to make life easier.

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• Dutch Oven // Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
• Wide Mouth Mason Jars // Antipasto Skewers
• Baking Sheet // Easy Garlic Knots
• Hand Mixer // Chocolate Dip

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