Diginwithdana is now 2 years old!
To celebrate, I’m starting with this easy tomato sauce, the first in a series of classic, basic recipes that will help YOU build your skill set in the kitchen. These recipes are simple to make and adapt to your tastes.
Tomato sauce is a great basic recipe that’s easy to master and use for so many dishes: soup, pasta or vegetables, pizza, casseroles, barbecue, etc… Use fresh Roma or good quality Italian canned tomatoes such as Cento San Marzano peeled tomatoes as your base.
What you’ll need: an onion, tomatoes, olive oil, salt and depending on the tomatoes, a dash of sugar. Once you know how to make the basic sauce, you can add in your own favorite flavors, such as herbs and spices, other vegetables, meat or cheese.
Although optional, here’s an easy way to peel fresh tomatoes: use a paring knife to make an X at the tip or core (see photo above). Plunge into salted boiling water for one minute. Drain and run under cold water. Place on cutting board and peel off skins. Then chop and set aside.
A sweet yellow onion adds flavor to this simple sauce. Chop and sauté in olive oil over medium heat, then add tomatoes and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, about 25- 30 minutes.
Chunky or smooth? The texture is your choice. After 25 minutes, I used an immersion blender to achieve a smoother sauce, with just a few chunks of tomato. (A blender works too.)
The possibilities are endless. Make a great, lower calorie pizza with an toasted English muffin, tomato sauce and your favorite cheese and toppings. Even simple roasted vegetables like these baby zucchini are suddenly tastier with a dollop of homemade tomato sauce and a handful of cheese, herbs or both!
Dig in to Easy Tomato Sauce and add a dose of fresh, healthy sauce to your cooking in 2016!
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Nutritional Information courtesy of CalorieCount.com.
Recipe yields 6 1/2 cup servings (120 gm each).
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