This is my go to pizza sauce. It's great for dipping cheese sticks, too!

Makes about 2.5-3 cups of sauce. I use canned diced tomatoes because I can buy them in bulk for cheap and use the blender to smooth them out. If you're not interested in using a blender, use one 28 oz can crushed tomatoes. This recipe freezes very well. 

Ingredients: 

• 2 14.5 oz cans diced tomatoes
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
• 3 TBSP onion, rough chopped
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano (or 1 tsp fresh)
• 1/2 tsp dried basil (or 1 tsp fresh)
• 1 TBSP dried parsley (or 2 TBSP fresh)
• crushed red pepper flakes to taste (I use 1/2 tsp)
• SNP to taste after reducing sauce

Blend ingredients together until sauce is smooth. Transfer to sauce pan and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer sauce until it is reduced to your desired thickness. 

If you're short on time, you can add 2 TBSP tomato paste to thicken the sauce more quickly, I usually simmer the sauce about 45 minutes to an hour. 

I use this sauce on everything from tofu to chicken to ribs. It comes together quickly and keeps very well in the fridge or the freezer. 

Korean BBQ sauce: 
Makes about 2 cups of sauce, enough for a rack of ribs and tofu or a large batch of wings. 
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Ingredients

• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cup soy sauce (tamari or coconut aminos for gluten free)
• 2 TBSP onion powder
• 2 TBSP garlic powder
• 2 TBSP sesame oil

Whisk ingredients together well. 

Use as a marinade or a dipping sauce.

Pro tip- if you're using this to marinade things, reserve some of the sauce to baste what you're cooking part way through to add more chewy crust. I always reserve some extra for my tofu to use as sauce.