As a kid, my mom always made an easy and delicious homemade tomato sauce from scratch. No cans, no tomato paste, only fresh ingredients and tons of love ❤️ This easy pasta sauce recipe is made by simmering tomatoes until they become a sauce, and combining them with other ingredients, feel free to use roasted tomatoes instead!
I made this sauce as an excuse to make delicious pasta and combine with my vegan stretchy mozzarella recipe! it was super yummy!
Let’s make pasta sauce!
First, get your ingredients:
- 10 Medium sized tomatoes
- 2 Medium sized onions
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 5 g Fresh oregano leaves Basically the leaves of 3 big stems of oregano. Feel free to replace with basil
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 400 ml Boiling water
- 2 tbsp Olive oil Optional
- 1 teaspoon Coarse pepper Optional
Preheat a pot (or saucepan if you don’t have a pot) on high temperature
Mince the garlic, or substitute with 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
Add 150ml of boiling water to the saucepan, as you cook this sauce, you’ll have to add water little by little, since we are not using the oil, the pan should always have enough boiling water, so it does not burn the tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients
And then add the garlic and leave it for about 1 minute
Add the onion to the saucepan and add a little bit of water if it already consumed. Leave this to simmer for about 2 minutes
Meanwhile, dice the tomatoes in pieces of around 2.5 cm (1 inch). Don’t get too crazy measuring, but they should be relatively small. Note: I like to use the whole tomato, however! many chefs recommend removing the seeds because it might make the sauce a bit bitter
Add the tomatoes and then add more water to continue the cooking in simmering
Add only the leaves of the oregano to the saucepan. If you want to include the pepper, add it at this point, as well
At this point, use a turner to move the sauce every minute or so. Once the tomatoes start to become a sauce, you should use a pestle to mash the tomatoes and make them more “sauce-like”
Continue this process for another 10 minutes until it looks like this
Add the olive oil once the sauce is done, this will accentuate the flavour in the sauce! that’s why I prefer to add it as the last step.
Enjoy!
What are tomatoes good for?
- Getting more lycopene which is a component that fights depression, heart disease, and cancer
- Antioxidant contents (especially tomato juice)
- Combined with healthy fats, it increases the absorption of phytonutrients
For detailed information, go to the nutrition facts page!
Is olive oil good for you?
Scientific research has not shown a significant benefit from eating olive oil. That’s why I put it as an optional ingredient. You can see it as empty calories in comparison with eating whole foods (olives!). If you want to read more about olive oil, I suggest you follow this link from nutrition facts.
We hope you love this recipe as much as we do ❤️, it’s:
- A delicious and easy homemade recipe for an easy pasta sauce, it works great on pizza as well!
- Whole foods and whole30 compliant (if you skip the oil, and salt, of course!)
- Your easy answer to how do you make spaghetti sauce from scratch?
- Freezer friendly!
- Ideal to make in batches for parties with your friends
- Customizable!
- Use it with tofu scramble for a delicious breakfast!
- Or with a delicious pizza as we did for dinner, yesterday!
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Easy pasta sauce
Ingredients
- 10 Medium sized tomatoes
- 2 Medium sized onions
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 5 g Fresh oregano leaves Basically the leaves of 3 big stems of oregano. Feel free to replace with basil
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 400 ml Boiling water
- 2 tbsp Olive oil Optional
- 1 teaspoon Coarse pepper Optional
Instructions
- Make sure you got all the ingredients
- Preheat a pot (or saucepan if you don't have a pot) on high temperature
- Mince the garlic, or substitute with 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
- Add 150ml of boiling water to the saucepan, as you cook this sauce, you'll have to add water little by little, since we are not using the oil, the pan should always have enough boiling water, so it does not burn the tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients
- and then add the garlic and leave it for about 1 minute
- Dice the onion in small pieces
- Add the onion to the saucepan and add a little bit of water if it already consumed. Leave this to simmer for about 2 minutes
- Meanwhile, dice the tomatoes in pieces of around 2.5 cm (1 inch). Don't get too crazy measuring, but they should be relatively small. Note: I like to use the whole tomato, however! many chefs recommend to remove the seeds because it might make the sauce a bit bitter
- Add the tomatoes and then add more water to continue the cooking in simmering
- Add only the leaves of the oregano to the saucepan. If you want to include the pepper, add it at this point, as well
- At this point, use a turner to move the sauce every minute or so. Once the tomatoes start to become a sauce, you should use a pestle to mash the tomatoes and make them more "sauce like"
- Continue this process for another 10 minutes until it looks like this
- Add the olive oil once the sauce is done, this will accentuate the flavour in the sauce! that's why I prefer to add it as the last step
- Enjoy with your favorite pizza or pasta
Video
Notes
- Try it without oil first! I was surprised of how amazing and easy to make this sauce is. Remember that oil is mainly empty calories (yes, even from olive oil)
- Use it for your favorite pastas and pizza recipes
- This is an amazing sauce for Italian recipes
- Roasted tomatoes would also work for this recipe very well!
- Calories are without oil!
- If you make it in a pot, it will make it easier as the heat is not escaping easily