History
When the recession hit both of us lost careers we had been at for over 25 years. When we tried to re-enter the work force we were told we were too old to be hired. What?! We are only in our 50ies! Both of us coming from Italian heritage we do what all good Italians do when we get bummed out we cook and feed our friends and family. Many suggested we start a business with our sauces that they love.Our goal was to bring a jarred sauce to the market place that tastes like it was made at home by us just for you. And that packs a healthy dose of good nutrition. Our goal was to give you a head start to creating healthy fast meals from home. Its been a journey, and taken a village. We bought our own commercial kitchen and production plant keeping full control over how our sauces are made. Here we are in 33 retail stores and recently opened up our own store inside of our production in Gardnerville, NV a short drive from where we live in Reno.
Specialties
Ciao We are Sal and Val owners of Italian Hearts Pasta Sauces. We hand craft in small batches 3 gourmet Italian Sauces made the old fashioned way with love, care and good wholesome Local ingredients for good health. Same way we cook them from home. Our sauces are a must have pantry staple to create fabulous meals in minutes for pasta and beyond. Perfect as a soup base, for chili, stews, meatloaf. Perfect for sauteing veggies or grilling sauce. Use our sauces for slow cooker and oven baking meals. Our Three Meat Sauce is our original traditional Italian Gravy-Gluten Free. Bella Amore gets its spicy kick from our organic grass fed beef & spicy sausage meatballs. Val's Vegetarian is GF & Vegan loaded with chunks of Local organic veggies.You may purchase our fresh organic pasta,trays of our Three Meats and our Bella Amore Meatballs from our Italian Hearts Store located inside our production in Gardnerville. Nothing artificial used, no preservatives or additives. Non GMO. No hormones, antibiotics or nitrates in our meats. We can not process our sauces. Follow us on Facebook at ItalianHearts . Store open during the week except Wed. Also find our sauces in Whole Foods, Raleys, Great Basin Co Op, Reno Provisions, Buy Nevada First Gift Store, Napa Sonoma. Truckee and Tahoe City New Moon Natural Groceries and Tahoe Central Market. We are even in Palm Springs at Olive A Sudden. We ship all over the USA.