Monday, February 27, 2012

Homemade Tomato Sauce

Posted by spoonful / 4 comments » / Recipes

How I lived 27 years of my life slurping up noodle after noodle of JARRED tomato sauce is beyond me.  The homemade version is so easy, so inexpensive and SO.DARN.GOOOD! It was so delicious that I used it with homemade meatballs one night & then reserved a cup to make TableForTwo’s Tikka Masala. {Which by the way was amazing!} The best part is that you can either cook for an hour on the stove {as indicated in the directions} or for hours on low in the slow cooker & it makes a ton! So make it tonight &  freeze some for later :)

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Homemade Tomato Sauce

Adapted from Budget Bytes

Ingredients:

(2) 28 oz cans of crushed tomatoes
6 oz tomato paste
1 medium onion finely chopped
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
3 bay leaves
2 tablespoons italian seasoning
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to a large pot, stir and cook on low for an hour stirring every 10 minutes.

Posted by spoonful on February 27, 2012
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4 Responses to “Homemade Tomato Sauce”

  1. 1

    Julie @ Table for Two — February 27, 2012 @ 12:58 pm

    Yay! So glad you made your own homemade tomato sauce and used it for my tikka masala :) homemade is just seriously the best. Doesn’t even compare to the can..at all!

    • spoonful replied: — February 27th, 2012 @ 10:50 pm

      Thanks! I have to say the homemade sauce made the tikka masala extra tasty! :)

  2. 2

    Elizabeth — March 6, 2012 @ 4:28 am

    Homemade is definitely worth it!

  3. 3

    A. Govindasamy — March 9, 2012 @ 10:24 pm

    I’ll have to give this a try…Any idea how long it should be left in the slow cooker? Even an educated guess would be helpful. Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you…

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