"Delicious, quick, easy, hearty sauce. Served over pasta. After tasting the sauce after simmering for 30 minutes, I added a pinch of cinnamon and a dash of balsamic vinegar. Try it out - it is good."

"Fabulous, like most of Giada's recipes! As previously stated, don't skimp on the toppings - they make the dish. The only alteration I made was that I pureed the sauce in my food processor after it was done cooking to make it more appealing to my 3 year old, who loved the dish minus some of the pine nuts. Pureeing the sauce resulted in a dark gr"

"Made these tonight with quinoa instead of the couscous and they were fabulous! Although my 3 year old was not a fan because of all of the different flavors, my husband and I were won over. Besides substituting the quinoa for the couscous, which I still prepared with the dates, the only other alterations I did were that I pureed the sauce in a fo"

"Made these with Melissa's North African Meatballs, which were fabulous! But the carrots call for way too much liquid! 1/2 cup of broth and 1/2 cup of water will never reduce in that amount of time and didn't because I tried it and ended up draining most of it off. Unfortunately, when I drained away the liquid it took away most of the flavor. I"