There's certainly nothing wrong with jarred sauces — especially if you go with a highly ranked pasta sauce brand — but it's not hard to admit that a made-from-scratch version would be better. Luckily, ...

There are other ways to thicken pasta sauce, but most solve one problem while creating another. You can simply let it simmer ...

Canned tomatoes and tomato paste are very high in lycopene ... Drain, reserving ¼ cup of the pasta cooking water. Toss spaghetti with tomato sauce, reserved pasta water and basil leaves.

Add gochujang and tomato paste, and cook over medium, stirring constantly, until darkened in color, about 2 minutes. Add ...