Homemade Marinara sauce is another favorite in my household .  I  use sauce for all kinds of things.  I used to purchase jarred sauce all the time .  I stopped using it over the summer after my nursing baby was diagnosed with allergic colitus .  He currently can’t have dairy or soy. To my surprise a lot of jarred sauces have soybean oil. Now some argue that soybean oil won’t cause a reaction but I just decided to avoid it. I’m glad I did because homemade sauce is easy and absolutely fabulous . 

I make mine in a crockpot because with a baby and a toddler it’s hard to watch a simmering pot on the stove . 

Ingredients :

3-28 oz cans crushed tomatoes 

2-14 oz cans diced tomatoes 

3 tbsp dried minced onion 

3 tbsp garlic powder 

3 tbsp Italian seasoning 

Salt and Pepper to taste (unless you are using low or no sodium tomatoes I recommend waiting until after you cook to add salt)

Optional :

1/4 cup sugar

I don’t personally add sugar.  However if you are used to store bought tomato sauce you may want to add it because most store bought sauce is sweetened .  I started making it with sugar then eventually cut it out.

If you have fresh garlic and onion you can use in place of the dried seasonings . The sauce will be a little more chunky. Very yummy, but does take a few more steps.

Directions:

Add ingredients to crockpot.

Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours.

This sauce is super easy and delicious . I  use it in a number of receipes like meatballs ,  with pasta or ravioli ,  and homemade pizza.