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.
Servings: 2.5 cups (625 ml)
Calories: 58kcal
Ingredients
- 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
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
