Easy Tomato Sauce
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 53.2
- Total Fat: 1.8 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 38.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 9.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
- Protein: 1.8 g
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Introduction
This is a great simple sauce. Works great with any recipe that calls for tomato sauce. Versatile, just add your favortie touches like mushrroms, peppers, meats or what ever you have. I love it cause it's so simple and allows me to be creative. This is a great simple sauce. Works great with any recipe that calls for tomato sauce. Versatile, just add your favortie touches like mushrroms, peppers, meats or what ever you have. I love it cause it's so simple and allows me to be creative.Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
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2 tsp Olive Oil
½ medium red onion, chopped
3 cloves fresh garlic, minced or crushed
1 medium carrot, finely grated (adds sweetness)
1 15 ounce can, no salt added whole tomatoes, not drained
1 6 ounce can no salt tomato paste
1½ tsp dried basil (I prefer to use Italian Seasoning)
Directions
(I use the food processor to chop the onion, garlic and carrot. My hubby doesn’t like chunky onions or garlic bits, so the processor does a fine job.)
Heat the oil in a heavy skillet. Sauté the onion, garlic and carrots until soft (about 3 minutes). Remove the skillet from the heat for a few second, add the canned tomatoes and return to burner. Break the tomatoes apart with a fork, add the tomato paste plus one paste-can worth of water and stir in the basil. Simmer for 10 minutes or until the pasta is read. Makes 3 cups.
I use a hand blender for a less chunky sauce. If you don’t have a hand blender use your regular blender. Like most sauces, make it ahead of time to allow the flavors to marry. Also, this is a great sauce to make your own adding your favorite herbs and spices.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WESCOBAR.
Heat the oil in a heavy skillet. Sauté the onion, garlic and carrots until soft (about 3 minutes). Remove the skillet from the heat for a few second, add the canned tomatoes and return to burner. Break the tomatoes apart with a fork, add the tomato paste plus one paste-can worth of water and stir in the basil. Simmer for 10 minutes or until the pasta is read. Makes 3 cups.
I use a hand blender for a less chunky sauce. If you don’t have a hand blender use your regular blender. Like most sauces, make it ahead of time to allow the flavors to marry. Also, this is a great sauce to make your own adding your favorite herbs and spices.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WESCOBAR.