Steven Helmer Publications

I was in the mood for spaghetti yesterday afternoon so I asked my wife to pick up some pasta sauce , both because she was already at Wal-mart and because she is much more likely to take a chance on a variety we haven't tried before. When I got home last night, I found she picked out this sauce. Even though I'm not opposed to trying new things on occasion, I did have some doubts about this sauce. This is mostly because, when I think spaghetti, I don't really think of onions and I was concerned this sauce would have too much of a pungent flavor. As it turns out, however, it wasn't too terrible. As I said before, I was hesitant to try this. But, once I did, I discovered the flavor was actually better than I was expecting. The onions blended in nicely with the garlic and the sauce, overall, had a light flavor to it that was noticeable but not overpowering. While I'm not sure if I would classify it as one of the best tasting jarred sauces I've tried, it defini...

My wife and I didn't have anything planned for dinner last night so, after a quick discussion (via text), we decided to just make spaghetti for the four of us. I had most of the stuff I needed already but we were out of pasta sauce so I ended up stopping at the store after work. Since money is a little tight at the moment until payday, I had planned on just buying the cheapest brand and attempt to doctor it up a bit. However, when I got to the store, I discovered the Prego sauces were on sale and, even though they were a little more expensive than the cheapest option, decided to try their three cheese Italian sauce instead. I picked this flavor because, being from Wisconsin, I love my cheese . And, after trying the product, I have to say I was happy with it. I've had other sauces that promised a cheese flavor. Very few of them really delivered. I'm sure they all had cheese in them. I just could not taste it in them. That was definitely not the case with ...