Wednesday, August 7, 2013

SUPER EASY FRESH TOMATO SAUCE RECIPE




My husband and I are little by little cutting out processed foods, making things from scratch. One of those things is pasta sauce.
 
Here is a super easy delicious recipe to make pasta sauce:
 


Ingredients:
6 Ripe Medium Tomato's
1 Carrot (halved)
1 Clove of Garlic (peeled)
1/2 Teaspoon of Basil
1/2 Teaspoon of Oregano or Pizza Seasoning
1/2 Teaspoon of Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon of Salt
2 Tablespoon of Tomato Paste
1 Small Onion peeled (halved)
Squeeze of lemon
 
 
 
I used my Vitamix to make this recipe but you can use a regular blender.
Toss all your ingredients in the Vitamix or blender. If using a Vitamix select on variable 1 and then increase quickly to 10 on high. Blend for 5 minutes so that all the ingredients are fully blended plus if you are using a Vitamix you will not need to heat up the sauce because of the blade speed will leave the sauce hot when you are done. If you are using a regular blender blend until all ingredients are fully blended and then pour them into a sauce pan and heat.
 
 
I do not think I will buy jar sauce again after making this. You can definitely taste the difference in the freshness! Plus their are ingredients in it that I can actually pronounce!

I had enough to freeze for our next meal too!

This was a variation of Vitamix's recipe, I changed it up a bit.

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22 comments:

  1. This looks so good! Being married to an Italian, I need a good sauce. Thanks!

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  2. Thanks for the recipe! I'm going to try it this weekend. My husband and I were just discussing last night how we have to cut back more processed foods. We bought a Blendtec (similar to the Vitamix) not too long ago and we have already started eating way less processed food. This is just another step in the right direction! Thanks!

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  3. We will have to try that. We try to avoid jar sauce if we can.

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  4. I love homemade tomato sauce. It definitely is a lot fresher and the taste is just so amazing. You can really tell the difference. My husband always asks me to make it fresh because he loves the flavor so much. I didn't mind until our blender died. Now we are back to bottled sauce and I don't like it. Must get that blender replaced ASAP! lol.

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  5. I have never even thought to put my ingredients in a blender before!! Cleaning blenders drive me bonkers! LOL

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  6. Thanks for the recipe. We've been experimenting w/ making homemade sauce at our house too!

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  7. yum! i need o try this recipe out. We have been wanting to make our own sauce :) thank you!

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  8. I've made homemade pasta sauce before but I've never thought to put it in the blender! I'm totally doing this next time!

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  9. This recipe looks so delish! And makes me really wish I had a food processor!

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  10. I'm not sure if my first comment went through I was having computer issues. I make homemade sauce and find it goes so much further. I've never added lemon to it and will have to give your recipe a try. Thanks and sorry if I double commented.

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  11. Yay! I love yummy tomato sauce recipes. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  12. Yum! Now that looks like good stuff!

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  13. I would have never thought to put a carrot in there! Pinning this! :)

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  14. I want to give this a try so I am pinning it! I have yet to make a really great sauce, but this looks so good with all the fresh ingredients.

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  15. Sounds good! I'm going to try it, thanks for sharing!

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  16. We love making our own pasta sauce. Super easy and tasty when we have our own tomatoes to use.

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  17. Ohhhh! I will have to try this! YUM!

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  18. Once you go fresh, you never go back! I still am all jealous over that blender, sigh. But I love the recipe. I am making fresh tomato soup later complete with tomatoes fresh out of my garden. Delish!

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  19. Thank you so much for sharing! I've been looking for a homemade sauce recipe. Stop by my Friday's Five Features and link up this post (and others)! http://diy-vintage-chic.blogspot.com/2013/08/fridays-five-features-no-3.html

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  20. This is a great idea! I will pin and make this soon! I love that it's all fresh and simple, lots of veggies... Thank you, Julia

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Nicole, the mama behind the Mama to 5 Blessings blog, is a mom to 5 children. Three boys: ages 8 years, 5 years, 2 years, a daughter 4 years and a new baby girl born April 19th 2013. She has been married to her husband Fritz for 11 years. Here at Mama to 5 Blessings you will find quite a variety of topics: recipes, crafts for moms and children, homeschooling, parenting, reviews and giveaways, thrifty tips and much more! Mama to 5 Blessings can also be found on Twitter @mamato3blessing, Facebook and Pinterest.