Home-Style Tomato Sauce

Servings: 8

Rating:

Ingredients

1 28-ounce can no-salt-added crushed tomatoes
3 6-ounce cans tomato paste
¾ pound plum tomatoes, chopped
1 ½ cups water
¾ cup dry red wine or 98% fat-free, no-salt-added canned beef broth
½ cup chopped onion
2 large cloves garlic, minced
½ tablespoon crushed dried oregano
2 large bay leaves
½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
salt (optional)

Directions

To make the sauce: In a large heavy pot, combine the sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to a slow simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
Discard bay leaves. Divide sauce in half. Use each half as directed in recipes below or transfer into 2-cup plastic freezer containers. Label and freeze until firm.

Nutrition Information

Per 1/2 cup serving:	42 calories (0 calories from fat), 2 g protein, 0 total fat (0 saturated fat), 8 g carbohydrates, 1 g dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 117 mg sodium
Diabetic exchanges:	1/2 carbohydrate (1 1/2 vegetable)

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