Homemade Marinara Sauce

"A quick and easy meal. This recipe comes from Cooking Light."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • If fresh tomatoes aren't available, you can substitute a 28-ounce can of whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped, plus a 28-ounce can of diced tomatoes, undrained, instead.
  • To balance the flavor and thicken the sauce, add 3 tablespoons of tomato paste and 1 teaspoon of sugar to the canned tomatoes.
  • Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
  • Add garlic; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
  • Add tomato, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat; simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • Stir in basil and parsley, and cook 1 minute.
  • Serve over pasta.

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Reviews

  1. This is a very good and easy recipe to make and do use the fresh ripe tomatoes vs. can - fresh is always better! I increased the garlic to 3 Tbsp and the basil to 1/3 C also with a tad of jalapeno juice to give it a slight kick. I'm sure that I'll make this again soon.
     
  2. I had picked 10 lbs of ripe tomatoes and decided to make my very own homade marinara sauce. I searched many recipes and since I liked the idea of not having to seed and peel the tomatoes, I picked this one. In reality, I think it added more flavor to the sauce. Boy was I blown away! This recipe is delicious; best I've tasted and even my husband and 2 1/2 year old son loved it. Being a garlic lover, I just added another tbsp more and since I didn't have fresh basil, I used the dried variety. Works just as well. I served some of it up tonight using diced up turkey sausage and it was absolutely out of this world. I recommend this recipe to anyone who is a picky tomato sauce eater; like my husband! By the way, I pureed the marinara prior to adding any meat and saved the remainder; I plan on making Chicken Parmesan later! A definate keeper in our arsenal!
     
  3. Very good and yummy. :) This brings out the flavor of herbs and tomatoes nicely, so I recommend using ripe tomatoes and fresh herbs. I like garlic, so I used about 2 Tbs and a little more basil, 1/3 cup. I used canned tomatoes and 1/4 t pepper. I added a whole jalapeno for 10 minutes, then removed it, I like the subtle hotness. Thanks for posting.
     
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I am a mother of three and live in central Pennsylvania. My children were very active in after school activities and found we weren't spending anytime together at meal time. In 1998, I decided to start cooking my dinners in a crockpot so that we could have a home cooked meal together once everyone came home. My children now get so excited to see what we are having to eat and love the smell when they walk in the door. My family calls me the crock pot queen. LOL I use my crock pot everyday of the year. <br> <br>My three children are now in college and before they come home they request their favorite meal. I still continue to cook in the crock pot for my husband and I. It is nice after a long day to know your meal is ready. It also helps in keeping my grocery bill down. With zaar, I can print my shopping list and that is all I purchase is the ingredients on that list. <br> <br>Now, my two daughters have been crock pot cooking while in college. They find it is easy to cook for the themselves and their friends. It is an easy way to have friends over for dinner after classes <br> <br>I still love trying new recipes and purchasing cookbooks, especially crock pot cookbooks. <br> <br>Happy Cooking!
 
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