Mama's Pasta Sauce

in a large stock pot add oil & heat, add garlic & onion and stir & cook to golden brown, but not burned, add peppers & mushrooms, stir & cook to tender. add sauce,(pour small amount of wine into each jar & cap, shake to mix with remaining sauce) wine/sauce mixture & herbs, stir to combine. bring sauce to a gentle boil, reduce heat to low & simmer with lid on for 1 hour. add sugar, salt & pepper to taste. simmer for at least a total of 3 hours. serve over mushroom ravioli, angel hair pasta, stuffed shells, lasagna or pasta of your choice with marinara sauce.

for variations:

for a meat sauce crumble 1½ lb. ground round into sauce & cook.

for meatballs mix 1½ lb. ground round with 2 eggs, ⅓ c Italian bread crumbs, Italian herbs, garlic granules. mix well with your hands, roll meat into 1½ " balls drop into slightly boiling sauce, spreading evenly in pan, gently submerge all balls, cover & simmer.

for sausage cut sticks into 1" bite size pieces drop into gently boiling sauce, gently submerge all meat, cover & simmer.

for chicken add skinless thighs to slightly boiling sauce, gently submerge all thighs, cover & simmer.

Mangia!