Chickpea to Cook

They suck. I try a new one every time I go grocery shopping and no matter whether I buy Chef Boyardee or something a little more upscale like Dave’s Gourmet, I’m just never satisfied.

Can somebody please tell me when Spaghetti-Oh’s sauce started to taste bad? I used to love the stuff as a kid.

Anyway, I had high hopes for Dave’s Gourmet Red Heirloom Tomato Pasta Sauce. I bought it at Whole Foods for around $6.  It was fine, don’t get me wrong, but nothing to write home about (although here I find myself blogging about it….odd.)

It was much more runny than normal tomato sauce and I hoped that meant that it was going to be naturally flavorful without all the preservatives. Sadly, it lacked the garden freshness I was looking for. No zip, no nothing.

I will say it was much better than the next jar I bought, which was Delallo Sundried Tomato Pasta Sauce–imported from Italy and made form San Marzano tomatoes nonetheless.

I have half a jar left in my fridge and I am tempted to just throw it away. It tastes like chunky tomato paste. I could have saved myself the $6 or however much it cost and just bought a tin can of Hunt’s.

Could it be that I am being too picky? Will I be relegated to making my own tomato sauce from scratch or eating my pasta with olive oil and parmesan cheese forever?

If anyone has an exceptional canned tomato sauce, please send me your suggestions.

Until then, my quest for the best tomato sauce continues….