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So today I was making some chili dogs because somehow I got to talking about wineir snitzell on here awhile ago and have been jonesing for them since.

I always use no bean chili for chili dogs, and this time I had natures valley no bean chilli. The dogs were yummy.

But it got me thinking. I'm about to make a full on slow cooked pasta sauce tomorrow. Already have the ground beef, sausage, bell peppers, onions etc to make it, but I have half a can of no bean chili left over (didn't take that much for the chilli dogs even though I made it for a friend as well.

Anyway while I was putting away the chili and wondering what I would use it on since I don't have any hot dogs left, I thought about how the last little bit tasted (ate if with a spoon) and it's basically spiced ground beef in a yummy sauce.

So why doesn't ANYONE just add that to canned pasta sauce to make a more realistic, fresher tasting, meat sauce?

I almost wish I didn't have to use the ground beef tomorrow so I could try it, but I will just do it later this week I think.

Anyway I did a search on the internet, trying to find anyone with a recipe that called for using jarred/canned tomato sauce + no bean chili for pasta. There are tons of responses for different ways to use the chili and make chili, but I could not find ANYONE that actually used it to add to pasta sauce.

I can't wait to try it, as making my own sauce is a long process, makes a mess etc. If I could just combine a jar + a can and BAM have a yummy meat sauce for my pasta? OMG. The HOURS freak that, DAYS I have wasted not thinking of that before now. I have literally cooked pasta sauce from scratch thousands of times over the years.

Nobody seems to do this, maybe it will suck, maybe there is a reason , but honestly people post horrible ideas all the time that taste disgusting but are still all over the place and tons of college students do it etc.

How is it that college students are not just doing this with microwaves etc? I mean it basically could let you make a really hearty pasta sauce just using a microwave (although a stove top just to brown some onions/bell peppers (and maybe mushrooms if you like them) before adding the sauce chili would prob be better).

Can't wait to try this!!