Growing up, here's how I made tomato sauce: a) Take jar of tomato sauce off shelf.b) Open it.c) Pour.It was very easy, but it wasn't very good. Recently, I've begun making my own tomato sauce. And it's also very easy. The difference is that it's also very good. The basic recipe is simple, and I want to emphasize its adaptability. It basically goes like this: Cook your aromatics, simmer your tomatoes, eat your sauce. My aromatics were four sliced cloves of garlic, a medium Spanish onion, chopped carrots (I like thick, almost stew-like sauces), chopped fresh thyme, and lots of red pepper flakes. All of these were cooked on medium heat, in about a fourth of a cup of olive oil, until they were tender and flavorful. WEEKEND FOOD BLOGGING: BASIC TOMATO SAUCE.
Growing up, here's how I made tomato sauce: a) Take jar of tomato sauce off shelf.b) Open it.c) Pour.It was very easy, but it wasn't very good. Recently, I've begun making my own tomato sauce. And it's also very easy. The difference is that it's also very good. The basic recipe is simple, and I want to emphasize its adaptability. It basically goes like this: Cook your aromatics, simmer your tomatoes, eat your sauce. My aromatics were four sliced cloves of garlic, a medium Spanish onion, chopped carrots (I like thick, almost stew-like sauces), chopped fresh thyme, and lots of red pepper flakes. All of these were cooked on medium heat, in about a fourth of a cup of olive oil, until they were tender and flavorful. 
