Yes, Thanksgiving is this week. Now, pasta sauce might not be on your radar. So, do me a favor. If you aren’t like my family which requires a pasta side dish at every holiday meal, then just Pin this for later. Oh! Along with the best dang marinara recipe, too. These are both good recipes to have on hand when you have a cold Sunday to kill and feel like warming your home with the smells of garlic and onion simmering away on the stove all day long. Mmmm. So good! Now that I am a Mom, I need to start making my staple dishes. Ya know, the things your kids will ask for at holidays or when they come home from college. For example, my go-to homecoming requests are my mom’s mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, beef stew, and taco salad. Even if it was summer vacation, I was 100% ok with my Mom having the oven on all day making beef stew. She never did because my dad is a ruler of the thermostat and even the slightest movement towards the AC or even the mere whisper of a conspiracy between me and my siblings joining forces to turn on …

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