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Homemade Tomato Sauce

24 oz. can of diced tomatoes

1 TBS olive oil

2-3 cloves of fresh garlic (chopped)

3 freah basil leaves (chopped)

1 teaspoon chopped fresh oreganos leaves (from my garden!!!)

1 Tablespoon sugar

Mirepoix (mixture of chopped white onion, carrots, and celery), 2/3 of the container from Trader Joe's, if chopped yourself, about 3/4 C of each vegetable

Salt and Pepper to taste

Start with the olive oil and Mirepoix. Let saute on medium heat until vegetables soft and cooked down a little. Then add the chopped garlic, let saute a few more minutes.

Next add the tomatoes, basil, oregano and sugar and let cook down for about 30 minutes on a very low simmer. Salt and pepper to taste.

Let cool a few minutes and put in blender. Blend until just blended and either use immediately or place in a glass container and refridgerate until needed. Can also be placed in the freezer and thawed in the refridgerator when needed. For a meat sauce, brown some sausage or groud meet and add to the sauce.

I cannot wait to have mine with the fresh made garlic and basil linguine pasta I got from the farmers market!