Pizza sauce

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.