Homemade Pizza Sauce with Fresh Herbs
Homemade pizza sauce is one of the easiest things to make, it's also a great way to start adding more from scratch and homemade food to your diet.
Ingredients
- 1 14oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 6oz can tomato paste
- OR 1 14oz can of tomato puree instead of the tomato paste and diced tomatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 spring each of fresh thyme, oregano, and rosemary Leaves pulled off the stems and roughly chopped
- 3-4 fresh sage leaves, roughly chopped
- 3-4 fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped
- sea salt and white pepper to taste (I use about 1 tsp. of each) you can also sub-black pepper if that's all you have.
Instructions
- In a blender (you could also use a food processor or immersion blender.)combine the diced tomatoes and tomato paste and blend until smooth, adding water as needed to help it all blend easier.
- If you prefer your pizza sauce to be thinner then add water until you reach your desired consistency.
- Pour the sauce into a bowl and add the remaining ingredients, stir, taste, and adjust the seasoning if needed. And that's it!
- Use as you would any other pizza sauce and enjoy!
Notes
This sauce will last in the fridge for about 1 week.
You can freeze or can pizza sauce as well and kept for months.
You can use fresh tomatoes in place of canned in this sauce. You can also use a variety of tomatoes, you don't have to stick to just red ones, try using yellow, orange, purple, or all three!
You can also use fresh onion and garlic in place of the dried.
Feel free to use honey, maple syrup, or your favorite sweetener in place of the sugar.
If you are in a pinch feel free to use Italian seasoning in place of the fresh herbs.
Nutrition
Calories: 173kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 1gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 12mgPotassium: 77mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 164IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 0.5mg
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