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Rocco's How Low Can You Go Low-Fat Marinara Sauce

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Rocco's How Low Can You Go Low-Fat Marinara SauceCookbook cover image courtesy of Random House

There are some high-quality, great-tasting low-fat tomato sauces available on the store shelves these days, so if you don't want to make sauce from scratch (don't tell Mama!), you'd do well with any of the leading brands. But my name is Rocco, after all, and I figured I was under obligation to include at least one from-scratch marinara sauce. There's just a hint of olive oil in it; everything else was bulked up to create great flavor.

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