Easy Homemade Tomato Sauce

This recipe was inspired by other recipes but I have really made it my own now. You are welcome to use fresh herbs if you like but I just don't have those on hand as often so to make it easier I used dried. For this recipe you will need a blender.

Homemade Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:
1 28 oz can of whole peeled tomatoes
1 15 oz can of diced tomatoes
1 can of tomato paste
4 small cloves of garlic (3 large cloves)
1/2 yellow onion
2 tbsp of dried basil
2 tbsp of dried oregano
2 tbsp of dried parsley
1 tbsp of red pepper flakes (or less for spice level)
1 tbsp of salt or more to taste
2 tsp of pepper
Garnish with sliced fresh herbs when simmering (optional)

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients into a blender. Blend for 30 seconds to one minute until all ingredients are smooth and very well mixed.
2. You can put in the fridge in a tight lid container/mason jar to reheat at another time or simmer in a pot for about 20 minutes.
3. To make a meat sauce with this, just brown 2 lbs of meat in a large pot and add the sauce from the blender onto the meat and simmer for 20 minutes.

As a side note, this makes about 6-8 servings of sauce. It would make about what you get in two regular size jarred pasta sauces at the store.

Enjoy!