Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix Recipes

Many of us grew up eating and cooking with Spatini or other spaghetti sauce seasoning mixes. This page contains spaghetti sauce seasoning mix recipes.

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Spaghetti Sauce Spice Mix As Frugal Gift

When I make spaghetti, I use a mix of spices that I add to my sauce, such as garlic powder, oregano, basil, crushed chilies, and sugar. I poured about one tablespoon full of each into a baggie and zip-locked it closed. Then I bought a small Christmas tin at the dollar store and put the baggie inside.

For cooking instructions, I cut out a section of old Christmas card and wrote the spaghetti preparation on one side. After punching one hole in the recipe card, I tied it with Christmas ribbon around the can to give as a gift.

Source: I found this idea in the Gooseberry Patch Christmas Book from the library.

By Patricia from Maple Falls, WA

Bag of spaghetti sauce spices in baggie with Christmas tin and tag.

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Spaghetti Sauce Mix

This is a dry mix that you put in an airtight container and store in a cool dry place. It might be a nice gift too, if you know someone who enjoys making spaghetti sauce from scratch.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup dried minced onion
1/4 cup dried parsley flakes
3 Tbsp. of dried vegetable or sweet pepper flakes
2 Tbsp. of Italian seasoning
4 tsp. salt
4 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. dried minced garlic

Additional Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef
2 cups water
1 6 oz. can of tomato paste

Directions:

Combine first eight ingredients. Store in an airtight container in a cool and dry place for up to a year. Yield: 4 batches, 1 cup total.

To Prepare Spaghetti Sauce: In a skillet, brown beef; drain. Stir in 1/4 cup of the spaghetti sauce mix, water and tomato paste. Bring to boil, boil and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

Yield: About 3 cups sauce per batch.

If you are giving this as a gift, attach a card with the preparation instructions. :)

Servings: 3 cups spaghetti sauce per batch

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Cooking Time: 34 Minutes

Source: Taste of Home August 1998 (However, I use more garlic than this recipe calls for because I like garlic.

By Robyn Fed from Tri-Cities, TN

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Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

We now have an online petition for those of you who want Lawry's to bring back Spatini Spaghetti Sauce Mix.

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Homemade Spatini Recipe

Ingredients

1 beef bouillon cube (crushed with kitchen mallet) or 1 tsp of bouillon
1 and 1/2 teaspoons 10x sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon ground oregano
1/4 teaspoon ground thyme
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
pinch of ground black pepper (apparently this is the amount that's in one packet)

Directions

I made it several times and it does the trick. The first time it was a bit too tangy but I only added 1/2 tsp. of powdered sugar and not the full 1 and 1/2 tsp. called for.

After that it was just like old times. Well worth the search. Consumers need to band together and stop buying from these corporate weasels when they pull stunts like this and downsizing products with jacked up prices. I promise you it is worth the cost of ingredients and measuring them each time to make the sauce. I mix it in a small dish with a fork then add it like usual. In fact I am going to make some right now.

By Jala

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Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix and Recipes

This recipe makes the equivalent of 8 packets of a similar mix that you can purchase at the store. Great for flavoring Spaghetti Sauce with Meat and for making Sloppy Joes.

Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix

Ingredients:

1/2 cup instant minced onion
1/2 cup parsley flakes
1/2 cup cornstarch
3 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon garlic powder

Mix together all ingredients. Store in a jar and cover tightly. Makes enough for 8 uses.

Recipes Using this Mix

Spaghetti Sauce with Meat

Ingredients:

1 pound lean hamburger
1 (6 ounce) can of tomato paste
2 cups water (You can substitue 1 cup of water with 1 cup of stewed tomotoes if desired)
1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix
Spaghetti

Directions:

Brown 1 pound lean hamburger and drain fat. Stir together 1 (6 oz) can tomato paste, 2 cups water and the Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix. Add sauce to hamburger. Cover and simmer 20 minutes.

Sloppy Joes

Ingredients:

1 pound lean hamburger
1 6 ounce can of tomato paste
1-1/4 cups water
1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix

Directions:

Brown 1 pound lean hamburger and drain fat. Stir together 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste, 1-1/4 cups water and the Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix. Add sauce to meat. Cover and simmer 20 minutes. Serve on hamburger buns. Makes 6 servings.

These recipes are adapted from a PDF put together by Nellie Hedstrom, Extension nutrition specialist A Member of the University of Maine System.

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Spaghetti Sauce Using Homemade Dry Mix

This is a dry mix for spaghetti sauce that will keep up to a year and it makes a cup in total. Each batch uses 1/4 cup of this mix.

When you are ready to make this dish, you brown beef, and drain and then add the water and tomato paste. It boils, simmers, and rocks!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup dried minced onion
1/4 cup dried parsley flakes
3 Tbsp sweet pepper flakes
2 Tbsp Italian seasoning
4 tsp salt
4 tsp sugar
2 tsp dried minced garlic
1 lb ground beef
2 cups water
1 6 ounce can tomato paste

Steps:

Combine first eight ingredients, mix well.
In skillet brown and drain ground beef.
Stir in 1/4 cup spaghetti mix.
Stir in 2 cups of water.
Stir in tomato paste.
Bring to a boil and stir after boiling for 2 minutes.
Reduce heat after the 2 minutes, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Sauce is ready to be put on top of cooked spaghetti.

By Robyn

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Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

Does anyone have a recipe for making spaghetti sauce mix, i.e. Spatini? Thanks.

Bonnie

Editor's Note: We have had so many people commiserating about Spatini and not being able to get through to the Lowry's complaint line.

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Could This Be Spatini?

As a Spatini user for over 30 years, I too was devastated by Spatini's demise. This week, at Weis Markets, I discovered that Lawry's is now marketing a "Spaghetti Sauce" mix in individual packets. Is it possible that this is Spatini repackaged and sold singly?

EIW from Lancaster, PA

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By Susan M. 10/22/2008

This is spatini.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40& ... patini&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Susan in Omaha

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Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

We now have an online petition for those of you who want Lawry's to bring back Spatini Spaghetti Sauce Mix.

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RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

While I do not have any Spatini to offer. My restaurant has developed a homestyle sauce mix and started to market from a web store on ebay. We have had excellent feedback and numerous re-orders. I will offer a free sample to any of you who request it via the "ask a question" link on ebay. What do you have to lose? Check it out at http://stores.ebay.com/sanos-sauce-and-spice?refid=store Thanks. Bruce (01/01/2008)

By Bruce E.

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

Please, please, please bring Spatini Sauce Mix back! It's been my "secret" ingredient for 30 years. Help, don't let us all down. (01/27/2008)

By Joanne M.

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

I am absolutely crushed that I can't buy Spatini anymore. If it is not feasible for your company to begin making it again for nationwide distribution, why not at least make it so that we could maybe get it via mail order through your company. We Spatini users are really desperate. Nothing can take its place. (02/12/2008)

By Kathy M.

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

My mom makes a special Spaghetti sauce and now without Spatini we have no great spaghetti sauce. I'm crushed. Please bring back Spatini. She's made it for at least 35 years. (02/23/2008)

By Eileen

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

I can not believe that this was taken off the market. This too is my special little something to add. I tried Lawry's Spaghetti Sauce does not compare and is not that good. Please bring back the real thing. Why not it looks like you have a lot of consumers who want it. Please. (03/03/2008)

By SUE

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

Spatini is the only sauce we use. We are desperate to get it back on the shelves. (03/13/2008)

By Amy M.

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

My grandmother introduced my mother to Spatini back in 1940's. My mother has only two packets left. She is guarding it with her life. Please bring it back or we will never have Spagetti again. She hates all other manufactured sauces and refuses to buy them. Lawry's please put it in a jar and stock the shelves again. (03/18/2008)

By Marie and her daughter Colette in PA

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

I came to this site to add my name to the petition to bring Spatini back, but after reading these petitions was amazed to learn how many years this has been on the market and how many people really, really love this spaghetti sauce. I hope Lawry's reconsiders and bring this wonderful product back so we can all enjoy this great spaghetti sauce. (03/31/2008)

By Martha

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

My mom used Spatini all my life. Now that she has gone and so has Spatini, what's left? Please bring it back. (05/20/2008)

By Ernie in Pittsburgh

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

Please bring back Spatini even if you must increase the price. Gasoline has gone up in price and people are still buying it. (05/27/2008)

By Jean H. W.

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

It would have been nice if someone warned me that you were going to pull Spatini, because I would have brought every box in sight. You took a tried and true product from so many households. Please bring back Spatini.(09/10/2008)

By oldschoolgirl

Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

I agree. Spatini was the best Italian spaghetti sauce mix ever made. It contained just the right mix of ingredients to make an excellent sauce. Most of the package sauce mixes and even the jar sauces are too sweet and are missing the ingredients that make a truly excellent sauce like Spatini. (10/13/2008)

By Bill H

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

Please bring this back into the stores. Spatini was used by my grandmother, mother and I've got my family accustomed to the taste of the spaghetti sauce. Why is this a problem? (10/22/2008)

By Rita

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

I would like for you to bring back Spatini in the 2.4 oz. box. I can't tell you how long I have been using it. It was in my mothers recipe and I am now 66 years old. Please, please bring it back. Several of my friends also used it and really miss it in their spaghetti sauce. Thanks (10/29/2008)

By Bernadette M.

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

We are saved. Go to www.topsecretrecipes.com and spend a buck for the best I've tasted. Enjoy. (10/30/2008)

By Bumble

RE: Lawry's Bring Back Spatini Petition

I'd like to add my 2 cents to everyone else. There is something about Spatini that is different and special. I've tried several other substitutes and my spaghetti sauce just doesn't taste the same. Like several others, my mother used it in her famous lasagna recipe and I'd like to continue to do the same. Bring it back! (11/13/2008)

By Robin F.

Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

Does anyone have a recipe for making spaghetti sauce mix, i.e. Spatini? Thanks.

Bonnie

Editor's Note: We have had so many people commiserating about Spatini and not being able to get through to the Lowry's complaint line.

ThriftyFun has set up an online petition. Please take a minute to sign it if you haven't already!

Click Here to sign the petition

Boycott Lawry's

It's so sad that Lawry's has such little regard for us since they have discontinued a spice that has been a part of my entire family for over 45 yrs. At our family reunion this weekend, we have decided to boycott Lawry. This new packaged spice is an insult to Spatini. Goodbye Lawry. We are going to pass the word on. (09/27/2007)

By RAVEN

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

Please bring Spatini back to the super markets. As you can see, there is more then enough people who want it back badly and that's not mentioning the thousands of other people, who for some reason or an other, can't post and complain. It was an excellent product! (09/30/2007)

By Terri

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

I spoke to a rep from Lawry's on October 22, 2007. The rep informed me of two reasons why Spatini was discontinued. One possible reason was poor sales ( I doubt this was the problem.) The second possible reason was the cost of the ingredients to make the spice mix was too high to continue marketing. I feel this was the reason it was taken off the market. I also inquired whether the recipe was for sale, this would be an excellent opportunity for spice giant McCormick's to purchase and remarket Spatini, I was told that the recipe was not for sale. I was also told that there are no current plans to bring the spice mix back too the market. (10/22/2007)

By Victor Shiflett

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

I think it was a rotten thing to do. I want Spatini back! I did call the company and they said they were replacing it with Lawry's spaghetti sauce. I have not gotten to the store to look for it and to buy it. If they wanted to put the price up I know people still would of bought the product. (11/05/2007)

By Sally Vercusky

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

Don't buy the Lawry's spaghetti sauce mix in the packet it is no way near the taste. I bought one packet and you know what, the rest can rot and go to waste. I feel all Lawry's products can just stay on the shelf. I will not buy any Lawry's products until they bring back Spatini!

Editor's Note: Lawry's parent company is Unilever which has tons of products. Maybe a boycott would get their attention. http://www.unilever.com/ (11/15/2007)

By Sally

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

For those adventurous cooking souls out there that asked for a scanned image of the Spatini package so they could try and replicate the recipe, I've attached an image showing the back of box with nutritional facts and side of box with ingredients, info from the front of the box is "3 envelopes, each makes 1 pint" net wt of the box is 2.4 OZ (68g) Hope this helps. and good luck! I look forward to hearing from someone that is successful. (01/05/2008)

By Tracey

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

Try this for a quick and easy faux spatini mix. Take one package of Good Seasons Italian salad dressing and recipe mix, (this will already have your onion and garlic powder in it. Add 1 tsp. of light brown sugar and than add a pinch of crushed red pepper. Make sure it's not old. I think that's the zing in spatini. You can put this through a blender. Use fresh onions and fresh minced garlic in your sauce or meat loaf recipes instead of adding extras to the powder. Keep it simple. No need to store. If you have a smidgen of spatini left over put them side by side and taste. Thank you to everyone who had an idea and shared. The company's apparent disconcern should not be a factor in our collective efforts to crack the spatini code. Today is the day to make the kettle sing. (01/30/2008)

By Debbie T

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

I sent an e-mail to Lawry's and they responded. This is their response. "The product you have contacted us about has been discontinued. We are sorry that we do not have any remaining stock. Our company's goal is to provide consumers with a variety of products to meet their needs and preferences. As you know, marketing is a complex function, and many business factors are taken into consideration before discontinuing a product. Before a product becomes available at the retail level, much time and expense is involved in perfecting the formulation, consumers focus testing, and marketing support. It truly saddens us when we must discontinue a product. However, consumer demand is a major factor. When the level of demand is insufficient to ensure that consumers receive high quality products at an affordable price, the product may be discontinued. We apologize that this product is no longer available and hope you will continue to enjoy our products." This is their response. (04/02/2008)

By Shirley

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

I have heard of a Food Distributor in Mechanicsburg, PA that is still selling this product. I think that is why you still see it showing up on eBay. For more information try http://www.spatini.info/ (07/10/2008)

By Spatini Lover

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

I have the solution! Finally! After all the waiting. The substitute is made by Penzeys Spices and is called Tuscan Sunset. The secret is out, tell everyone! You can order on www.penzeys.com (09/06/2008)

By Henry

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

Good news everyone. I just found a place online that sells the large 15oz packages of spatini. The shipping is a little high for just one so buy a bunch, the website is www.spiceplace.com its ONLY $ 6.39 for one 15 oz pouch my husband is going to be so happy. (12/12/2008)

By Gin

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

Mcormicks makes spatini now only in 15 oz packages, though. (02/16/2009)

By jam

RE: Spatini Spaghetti Sauce

Salt, sugar, dehydrated onion, potato starch, spices, maltodextrin, garlic powder, beet powder (color), dextrose, autolyzed yeast extract, partially hydrolyzed cottonseed and soybean oils, guar gum, carrot powder, modified corn starch. (09/13/2010)

By njspatini