@ 1 TBSP of olive oil
some chopped onion (one small or half)
mushrooms (of course optional)
1 tsp salt
1 big clove of garlic crushed
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
sprinkle of pepper
Saute on med/low above ingredients til totally limp-@ 10 min.
Add 28 oz can of concentrated crushed tomatoes (I use Walmart's brand $.97)
If like chunky, add small can (15oz) of diced tomatoes. (Aldi's for $.45, I think)
Taste. May need a little more salt if added the diced tomatoes. Add 1 tsp of sugar for the kids if needed. :)
I've used this as pizza sauce (with Debbie's delicious pita wheat recipe) and no one complained. It's a start..... :)
2 comments:
I highly recommend adding mushrooms-they add a lot of taste. But still, I'd like to try it without mushrooms or onions-for those "nothing left in the refrigerator" days. :)
Sassy
You can also add carrot, chopped very tiny. Back in the day, I also added cubed, firm tofu to my sauces. I told the kids it was cheese. Now they are more savvy. A big glurg of red wine helps bring out the softer side of the tomato...sort of like adding a pinch of sugar.
You can find lots of sauce recipes to use as suggestions in the Whole Foods for the Whole Family, More with Less, and older "church" cookbooks.
I made a year's worth of sauce and canned it (and all the other tomato products my family used) two or three years. I don't recommend making huge batches of sauce because if you get distracted and scorch it, you ruin the whole batch and eat smokey sauce for a whole year...and then some:)
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