Garden Tomato Sauce
This garden-fresh tomato sauce is a delicious way to use summer-ripe tomatoes. Or freeze whole tomatoes and make this sauce later on in the winter. Just remove the cores and freeze them whole. Then, turn your frozen tomatoes into a garden-fresh sauce any time of the year. For pizza sauce: In Step 2, cook until thickened to about the consistency of pizza sauce, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove from the heat, transfer to a blender, add 2 tablespoons tomato paste and blend until smooth.
Source: EatingWell Magazine, May/June 2010
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Tips
Make Ahead Tip: Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 6 months.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size:
1/2 cup Per Serving:
72 calories; protein 1.8g; carbohydrates 8.9g; dietary fiber 2.5g; sugars 5.3g; fat 3.9g; saturated fat 0.6g; vitamin a iu 1437.4IU; vitamin c 25.3mg; folate 29.8mcg; calcium 27mg; iron 0.7mg; magnesium 21.8mg; potassium 442.2mg; sodium 348.7mg; thiamin 0.1mg.
Exchanges:
1 vegetable, 1 fat