Homemade Marinara Sauce & What’s On Your Plate?

Welcome to another fun week of What’s On Your Plate?!

What’s on Your Plate? is designed to be a conversation amongst good eaters.

Tell us about a recent meal. Did it meet with rave reviews? Or did it bomb? What side dishes did you pair with the star of the show? Did you try a new ingredient? Find the groceries at great prices?

Share what’s on your plate!
Each week a featured foodie* will share his or her plate and then the rest of us will get a chance to link up our own posts or share in the comments what good cheap eats we’ve been enjoying.

What’s on Melissa’s Plate?

Today Melissa shares her family’s favorite pasta sauce. It’s amazing how inexpensively you can create your own sauces, particularly if you have a garden. And they taste so much better than the canned or jarred varieties!

This is my homemade marinara. I made it from all organic ingredients directly from our organic garden and to “sneak” in a few more veggies I added 1 medium sized zucchini diced. My family loved it! Served with Ronzoni SmartTaste and Whole Wheat Pasta. I do half whole wheat and half white pasta. I added a salad on the side (not pictured).

– Melissa taught Home Economics on the high school level for 11 years before becoming a mom. In June 2005 after her son came home from Guatemala, she made the decision to leave her career and become a SAHM. In order to achieve this goal and live on one income, her family had to make some drastic changes in their lifestyle. Follow her journey of frugality at Stockpiling Moms.

What’s on YOUR Plate?

Share with us a recent meal you prepared. Either link it up below or tell us about it in the comments. Please make sure that you link to www.goodcheapeats.com in your post so others know where the dinner party is.

And don’t forget to pop around and visit the other good eaters participating today. I’m sure you will be inspired to make all sorts of Good Cheap Eats at your house.

* If you’d like to be a featured foodie, just email me: jessica AT lifeasmom DOT com. Include a photo, a brief description of your plate, and a short bio.