Home-made Tomato Sauce

[bigspenda73]

Flooooooooooooooooooooooooomo

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someone help me, looking for healthy home-made recipe, is it just tomatoes and seasonings?

[Warpe]

is Google broken or somethin?

[bigspenda73]

is Google broken or somethin?

yes

[dalecooper]

Marinara or pizza?

[ProZachNation]

Google told me: http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Homemade...ce/Detail.aspx

[BigBadBull]

http://allrecipes.com/
I know its probably as usefull as a snooze button on a smoke alarm , but I just found out how to make bbq ribs in a slowcooker there(gonna try it tomorrow), so figured Id share the knowledge.

[BigBadBull]

prozach is faster at typing

[mrhappy333]

google is an amazing recipe finder

[Pythonic]

Ragu - it's cheaper

[Lukie]

Ragu - it's cheaper

I prefer prego, traditional style.

[bode]

Ragu - it's cheaper

I prefer prego, traditional style.

for real yo. ragu tastes like some dog shit.

[bode]

and im basing that off personal experience.

[BennyLaRue]

Google told me: http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Homemade...ce/Detail.aspx

Those recipes, while probably better than Prego, aren't really basic tomato sauce recipes and most of them have wine and other crap in them. That's fine, but I get the impression you're looking for a basic, healthy, from scratch Italian-Mama kind of recipe.

TOMATO PREP
Harder way: Start with 20-24 plum tomatoes (which will make enough sauce for 4-5 people). They're perfect for sauce. They have the right moisture/flesh content and not as many seeds as some kinds. You'll have to skin them though. Clean them and cut a little X in the bottom, just deep enough to get through the skin. Dump them into a big pot of boiling water for about 30 seconds. This will cause the skin to start to peel away where you made your little X. Take them out of the water, then when they're cooled, peel the skin away and cut out the spot where the stem was connected.

Lazy way (or if you can't find nice, fresh plum tomatoes): use a couple of cans of plum tomatoes.

THE COOKING
Dice one big onion. Heat some olive oil in a big saucepan over medium heat and toss in the onions. In about 5 minutes, they'll be soft. Add a couple of shredded carrots and 3 or 4 diced cloves of garlic. Cook about 5 more minutes. The carrots will add sweetness. Here you can add some fresh (or dried, but fresh is best) oregano or thyme, whatever you like.

Never use dried basil. It's the devil's work.

Roughly chop the tomatoes and dump them all in saucepan, juice and all. Salt to taste. You can turn the heat up here. Heat to boiling, then lower the heat to low and simmer uncovered, stirring often, for about an 30-45 minutes until it's thick like canned sauce would be. During this time, you should just have a few bubbles breaking in the middle...any more then your heat is too high. No bubbles means your heat is too low. The tomatoes will break down over time.

At the end, you can add some torn fresh basil if you want. Fin.

I can eat this without noodles, it's so good. It'll keep for a week in the fridge or make a couple of batches and freeze it.

[flomo]

sorry spenda i hjaven't been on the comp for awihle

i like benny's recipe

for jarred sauce try a mario batali, trader joes or my favorite emeril's kicked up tomato

my quick sauce
saute 3 cloves of minced garlic for 2 minutes in olive oil
add a 28 oz can of crushed toms and a 28 oz can of diced toms(drained)
add a little salt and pepper
optional add ons
basil, thyme, marjoram, crushed red peppers, sugar, balsamic vinegar, roasted red peppers
cook for about 5 minutes to just heat it up

good luck
flomo

[bigspenda73]

Thanks Flomo, I'll try it next time, you were about 45 minutes too late, I just picked up a bottle of prego from the grocery.

[Lukie]

Thanks Flomo, I'll try it next time, you were about 45 minutes too late, I just picked up a bottle of prego from the grocery.

You will not be dissapointed.

[bigspenda73]

I'll TR for ya in a few hours

wheat pasta+lean ground beef+tomata sauce, a good combo of carbs/protein/fat imo.

[bode]

my wife and i switched to whole wheat pasta last year and we've never been able to tell the difference.

[bigspenda73]

yea, I've been eating it for a few years, I enjoy the taste actually.

Much better for you too!

[bigspenda73]

Thanks Flomo, I'll try it next time, you were about 45 minutes too late, I just picked up a bottle of prego from the grocery.

You will not be dissapointed.

YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!

[Lukie]

Thanks Flomo, I'll try it next time, you were about 45 minutes too late, I just picked up a bottle of prego from the grocery.

You will not be dissapointed.

YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!

thx

just wait for king food nit jamurda to come in and spoil the party