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Homemade Marinara Sauce

Chichi Uguru
Marinara sauce recipe that is homemade, delicious and easy. Use this homemade sauce for your spaghetti and meatballs, baked Ziti, lasagna or even as a pizza sauce for your favorite pizza crust. You can never go wrong with this easy sauce.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Base Sauce
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 12
Calories 58kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 Tablespoons Olive oil or any cooking oil if choice
  • ½ small onion (chopped)
  • 2 (6oz) can tomato paste
  • 3 cups of water
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon dry oregano
  • 1 teaspoon dry parsley flakes
  • ½ teaspoon ground dry rosemary
  • ½ teaspoon bouillon powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon pepper flakes

Instructions

  • Sauté onion in olive oil
    Saute onions
  • Add tomato paste and water, stir to combine
    Adding water to tomato paste and suteed onions
  • Add the spices and herbs and pepper flakes
    Add spices, herbs and pepper flakes to the marinara sauce
  • Simmer for about 10 -12 minutes depending on your desired consistency.
    simmering marinara sauce
  • Use for pizza, spaghetti or as a dip

Notes

  1. This recipe makes 24 oz of sauce.
  2. You can substitute the oregano, parsley and rosemary herbs for 2 tsp Italian seasoning.
  3. I grind my dry rosemary leaves in bulk if you are wondering why I have ground rosemary.
  4. Substitute the garlic powder in this recipe for 2 cloves of garlic.
 
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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Homemade Marinara Sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 58
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.