• Infomatics90@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    you need to add salt to the boiling water, but if you are trying to cut your sodium intake don’t do this. also please make pasta sauce from scratch. don’t buy pre mixed, just buy plain “passata” and add your own stuff. its a million times better.

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      23 hours ago

      also please make pasta sauce from scratch.

      As someone who frequently makes sauce from scratch, a hunk of ground beef or Italian sausage and a jar of Rao’s will absolutely get the job done on a busy weeknight when I can’t be bothered with chopping up a bunch of veggies. Plain passata and your own stuff is not “a million times better”.

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        3 hours ago

        what pasta sauce are you making? that’s overkill man.

        all you need is

        • passata
        • olive oil
        • garlic
        • onions
        • oregeno

        buy pre cut frozen onions and pre minced garlic. this is how we italian-Canadians make pasta sauce from home overseas

      • pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world
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        23 hours ago

        It’s literally only better if you have skill and, imo, time. You can’t make a good tomato sauce in like 10min from scratch, fight me

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          23 hours ago

          Right, it takes most home cooks ten minutes just to mince the garlic and dice an onion, carrot, and celery for mirepoix

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      1 day ago

      I don’t remember the exact numbers (and am not a doctor) but the vast majority of the average person’s daily sodium intake comes from processed foods, not home cooking.

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        3 hours ago

        huh. yeah I can see the logic. I’ve been trying to cut processed foods as much as possible but not there yet.

      • Final Remix@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        Yup. Table salt or spice mixes are usually nothing compared to the frozen food that’s 30% of your daily intake per serving.