The Recipe:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nHeat 2 TBSP olive oil in a large pot<\/p>\n
Add 3 cloves minced garlic to heated oil,\u00a0 cook to soften but not browned<\/p>\n
Add 1- 28oz can tomato puree + 1-28oz can crushed tomatoes<\/p>\n
Add 2 cans 6oz size tomato paste<\/p>\n
Stir well.<\/p>\n
Add:<\/p>\n
2 TBSP salt- I use kosher salt<\/p>\n
2 TSP basil- if you bought crushed tomatoes with basil you may want to add less basil here<\/p>\n
2 TSP oregano<\/p>\n
1\/4 TSP fennel seed<\/p>\n
crushed black pepper- I add A LOT of pepper because that’s how I like it<\/p>\n
Stir well.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I add crushed red pepper flakes and\/or browned sausage to the sauce- both very great additions!\u00a0 If it’s too thick for your taste you can add a little water.<\/p>\n
Simmer on the stove for a least an hour stirring every so often.<\/p>\n
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I make a big batch and freeze it in smaller portions.\u00a0 Perfect for quick weeknight dinners:)\u00a0 I doubled the recipe here and it’s probably equal to 6 jars that you would buy at the store.<\/p>\n
Try making some and letting it simmer as you watch the JETS game this Sunday!\u00a0 Go Jets<\/p>\n
Enjoy!<\/p>\n
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I started making my own pasta sauce a couple years ago and I have to say it is sooooo much better than just buying a jar at the store.\u00a0 Plus it’s much healthier and cheaper too.\u00a0 I took my moms recipe and adjusted it a bit.\u00a0 Letting it simmer on the stove all day on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1780"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1789,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions\/1789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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