My first reaction too! I just had to taste the sauce first as-is to see what all the fuss was about. : ) I really have to restrain myself following the recipe so strictly. I inherited too many of my Dad's genes, he would throw everything into a dish but the kitchen sink.
I do that a lot too, throw everything or anything .... or new things in, when it is a dish I know well already.
One time I made the absolute BEST meatloaf I had ever tasted anywhere, but because I "kitchen sinked" it with whatever herbs I had at the time and who knows what else, including the last of a jar of salsa, I have never reproduced it quite the same. I can add what I remember, but I didn't measure of course and well, although my meatloaf is still pretty tasty, it has never been quite as divine as that one was.