Pasta Sauces Recipe · Amazingly Simple Tomato Sauce

I've used this sauce for lasagna, ziti, eggplant Parmesan, meatballs, and spaghetti. You name it, it's great with it.

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• ½ cup minced onion
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 2 (6.5 ounce) cans canned tomato sauce
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• ½ cup water
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1 ½ teaspoons dried basil
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Cooking Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a large, heavy pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
2. Stir crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water with the onion mixture until smooth; add sugar, parsley, basil, salt, Italian seasoning, fennel, and pepper. Stir the mixture, bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and the seasonings have permeated the sauce, 1 hour to 90 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories85.6
• carbohydrateContent17.9 g
• fatContent1.4 g
• fiberContent3.7 g
• proteinContent3.5 g
• saturatedFatContent0.2 g
• sodiumContent1264.6 mg
• sugarContent8.5 g