I was at Costco and had a craving for tomatoes. I think because they looked so delicious. We never really have tomatoes in the house since no one else eats them. And of course at Costco you get like 8!!! No way I could eat all those before they spoiled. So I figured I would find a use for them.
A few days later they were getting soft......already! Ugh I had only eaten two and couldn't get the rest eaten. In came my creative mind. I had all the ingredients for a red sauce, so red sauce it was!
The quantity of ingredients was eyeballed to taste then I added more.
INGREDIENTS:
- tomato
- fresh garlic
- one onion ( your choice of white or yellow)
- fresh basil
- fresh ground pepper
- fresh ground sea salt
PREP TIME:
10 mins
I washed and roughly chopped the ingredients. Then I put them in the food processor and added the salt and pepper.
I blended for a bit then pulsed it before tasting. After tasting I realized I needed more garlic and basil. Pulsed for a bit again. Once it was to the consistency I wanted I put it on the stove on low for about 30-40 minutes. This helped for the flavors to mix together to make a "sauce" rather than a basil salsa.
And here you have it!! After I let it cool I put it in the fridge to use another day.
A couple nights later I used the red sauce to make a meat sauce pasta dish. I added fresh spinach to the sauce and boiled my pasta before mixing in. By the way, this pasta is a quinoa and brown rice blend from Trader Joe's. I HIGHLY recommend it. It is not as heavy as a regular starchy pasta....it's a house favorite over here.
You can obviously use the sauce for what you want ;)
P.S. This sauce was enough for a pound of ground meat and a pound of pasta.
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