This is an easy homemade tomato sauce recipe.

It's delicious and versatile. Everyone seems to enjoy this recipe.

It's healthy and easy to make.

Here's how.

Tomato sauce recipe: ingredients

• 1½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 or 2 cloves garlic—peeled and pressed (or finely chopped)
• ¼ cup onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (16 or 14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes (or a can of plum tomatoes and chop them yourself)
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• ½ teaspoon basil leaves
• ½ teaspoon oregano leaves
• ½ teaspoon thyme leaves
• ½ teaspoon sea salt (optional)
• 1 teaspoon honey
• freshly ground black pepper according to taste

Use organic ingredients as far as possible.

Tomato sauce recipe: method

(a) Heat oil in pan over medium low heat.

(b) Add onion and garlic. Sauté and stir occasionally until soft and almost brown (but not black).

(c) Stir in all the remaining ingredients. Simmer on very low heat, covered, for several hours until thick, stirring occasionally.

We think that we originally got this recipe from the REDBOOK cookbook decades ago. Everyone likes it. If you can afford the carbs, it is a good weight loss recipe. It's very flavorful, so you can use it in moderation.

The food counts are listed as follows.

Total calories / grams of proteins / grams of carbs / grams of fat (grams of saturated facts, if any).

Carbs listed are "net."

Approximate food counts per 1/2 cup: 90 / 3 / 21 / 4

(As with all recipes, if they are available organic ingredients are a healthy choice and the best choice for our planet.)

This completes the recipe for homemade tomato sauce.

Enjoy!

Now that you know how to make homemade tomato sauce, would you like a recipe for meatballs? If so, see this page on our website:

from Homemade Tomato Sauce to the Meatballs Recipe

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