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    Home > Recipes > How-Tos

    Homemade Tomato Sauce

    Published: Aug 4, 2015 · Modified: Feb 13, 2023 by Iosune · This post may contain affiliate links · 16 Comments

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    Homemade Tomato Sauce

    I use tomato sauce in many of my recipes, it's very common here in the south of Europe, especially in the Meditarrean countries.

    Store-bought tomato sauces are usually made with refined oils and sugar, so I prefer to make homemade sauce or buy a healthy one.

    I used carrot instead of refined sugar to cut down the acidity in the sauce. I also added garlic, onion, celery and carrot, but feel free to use your favorite veggies or even fresh or dry herbs. You can use water, vinegar, wine, vegetable broth soy sauce or tamari instead of the water to make an oil-free tomato sauce.

    Homemade Tomato Sauce

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    Homemade Tomato Sauce

    Homemade Tomato Sauce

    Homemade Tomato Sauce

    I use tomato sauce in many of my recipes, it's very common here in the south of Europe, especially in the Mediterranean countries.
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    Course: How to, Sauce
    Cuisine: Mexican
    Diet: Vegan
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 35 minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes
    Servings: 2.5 cups (625 ml)
    Author: Iosune


    Ingredients 

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    • Extra virgin olive oil
    • 2 cloves of garlic
    • 1 celery stalk
    • 1 carrot
    • 6 tomatoes
    • 2 teaspoon sea salt
    • Black pepper to taste
    • ¼ cup water
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    Instructions

    • Chop the veggies.
    • Heat some oil to taste in a frying pan and sauté the veggies (except the tomatoes) for about 5 minutes.
    • Add the tomatoes, sea salt and black pepper. Cook over medium heat for 30 minutes.
    • Blend the sauce with ¼ of water until smooth. Add more water if the sauce is too thick for you.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 0.5cups (125 ml) | Calories: 58kcal | Carbohydrates: 7.4g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 3.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 769mg | Fiber: 2.2g | Sugar: 4.5g

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    Comments

    1. Sassy says

      November 11, 2020 at 4:02 pm

      Made this sauce last week for a surprise meal for hubby (he loves pasta and I detest it). And it was a wonderful sauce! Far better than even the good organic jarred sauces, not to mention cheaper too, which is always a bonus. I used the sauce to make him some spaghetti, so after making the sauce in the morning I got ready to reheat the sauce, I finely sliced more carrots into “coins” and fried until lightly golden in some olive oil, then added some chopped broccoli stems and some chopped green beans, until golden. I then added the sauce and some chopped green beans before serving over whole wheat spaghetti. I served with a chopped salad and garlic bread. He was thrilled and other than the pasta dinner was delicious for me too lol. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful sauce that has so much potential to be altered in different ways!

      Reply
      • Iosune Robles says

        November 12, 2020 at 7:40 am

        Hi Sassy! Thanks for your kind comment 🙂 I'm so glad you both enjoyed our tomato sauce!

        Reply
    2. Maxine Boyson says

      September 16, 2018 at 5:47 am

      I enjoyed your tomato sauce with the first time I made tomato sauce. I sauteed mushrooms and onions and I should say added some basil. It was very delicious, I also spiralize some zucchini very delicious. Thank you

      Reply
      • Iosune says

        September 16, 2018 at 8:58 am

        Hi Maxine! Sounds so good 🙂 You're so welcome!

        Reply
    3. Kate says

      December 25, 2017 at 6:00 pm

      5 stars
      Another 5-star recipe! So easy and tasty. You could almost eat this as a soup! Thanks a lot!

      Reply
      • Iosune says

        December 26, 2017 at 9:33 am

        Hi Kate! Thank you so much 🙂 Have a nice day!

        Reply
    4. Jessie says

      August 24, 2016 at 3:41 pm

      Just wondering is this intended to be a healthier version of tomato sauce (i.e. ketchup)? Was wanting to start making my own and didn't know if this would be a similar thing. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Iosune says

        August 31, 2016 at 10:57 am

        Hi Jessie! This sauce is so delicious, but it doesn't taste like ketchup. We have a healthy ketchup recipe and it's so good: http://simpleveganblog.com/2-minute-healthy-ketchup/ Hope you like it!

        Reply
    5. Hayley says

      October 21, 2015 at 5:28 am

      5 stars
      hi there 🙂 i was wondering do you store this in the fridge when you make it? and how long would it last? i would like to pre make for recipes 🙂

      thank you

      Reply
      • Iosune says

        October 21, 2015 at 3:57 pm

        Hi Hayley! I store the sauce in the fridge and it lasts at least one week! 🙂

        Reply
    6. katia says

      August 19, 2015 at 3:41 pm

      Sounds great with the celery 🙂 I was just wondering... do you use the tomatoes whole? With the skin and seeds? Do you put it through a strainer to get rid of seeds? Thanks 🙂

      Reply
      • Iosune says

        August 21, 2015 at 1:45 pm

        Hi Katia! I use whole tomatoes 🙂

        Reply
    7. Sarah | Well and Full says

      August 14, 2015 at 5:49 pm

      Awesome!! I use carrots as a sweetener when I juice 🙂

      Reply
      • Iosune says

        August 21, 2015 at 1:44 pm

        Hi Sarah! Carrots are a great sweetener 😉

        Reply
    8. Barb@ThatWasVegan says

      August 05, 2015 at 10:48 pm

      LOVE the idea of using carrots as the sweetener!

      Reply
      • Iosune says

        August 12, 2015 at 5:31 pm

        Thanks a lot Barb! 😀

        Reply

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