This simple spaghetti seasoning recipe comes together super quickly and helps to enhance the flavors of spaghetti sauce. And you likely have all of the spaghetti sauce seasoning spices in your pantry right now! This homemade spice blend is not only great for seasoning pasta sauce, but it also makes a tasty dry rub for chicken!
This spaghetti seasoning mix will probably take you 5 minutes to put together because you likely have all of the ingredients already in your pantry. You can mix it all together and keep it in an air-tight container to use over and over again.
Let’s be real, everyone’s nona has a secret homemade spaghetti sauce recipe that already includes a very specific amount of salt. We purposefully leave the salt out of this recipe for versatility, so you can still use it if your pasta sauce is pre-salted!
The Healthy Spices For Spaghetti Sauce
There is a good chance that you already have all of these spices. Individually, each spice contributes to the overall depth of the spaghetti spice mixture and offers its own unique health benefits.
I always recommend using organic spices in your cooking for optimal health benefits with minimal risk of additives and pesticides. If you are worried that organic spices are too expensive, try purchasing them at ‘Aldi’s‘ grocery store. I find that their organic spices are some of the least expensive around (not sponsored).
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How to make seasoning for spaghetti sauce
I feel weird even giving this recipe steps because you literally toss all of the spices into a bowl and mix them together!
In a mortar or small bowl, combine the dried rosemary, black pepper, dried oregano (you can also use Italian seasoning), dried parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes.
Using a pestle, grind the herbs and spices until the rosemary is finely ground, or ground to your liking.
Add 1 tbsp at a time to spaghetti sauce, taste, and add more according to your liking. You will also want to taste your sauce for salt, as this recipe purposefully omits salt. You can use the mixture right away, or store it in an air-tight container for up to 6 months.
To really enhance the flavor of the sauce, try adding some minced garlic and fresh sliced basil!
How to store it
The storage for this spaghetti seasoning recipe is pretty straightforward.
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Spaghetti Seasoning
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 3 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes more or less depending on your tastre
- 2 tbsp dried parsley
Instructions
- In a mortar, combine the dried rosemary, black pepper, dried oregano, dried parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes.
- Using a pestle, grind the spice mixture until the rosemary is finely ground, or ground to your liking.
- Add 1 tbsp at a time to spaghetti sauce, taste, and add more according to your liking. You will also want to taste your sauce for salt, as this recipe purposefully omits salt. You can use the mixture right away, or store it in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
- *To really enhance the flavor of the sauce, try adding some minced garlic and fresh sliced basil!
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