How To Make Easy Marinara Sauce
Our fast and easy marinara sauce works on just about any pasta or pizza dish! It’s loaded with seasoned tomatoes and carrots for a richer sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3tbspolive oil
- 1cuponion,finely diced
- â…“cupcarrot,shredded
- 3garlic clove,minced
- ¼cupfresh basil,chopped
- ½tsporegano,dried
- salt and pepper
- 28ozwhole tomatoes,canned
- 28ozcrushed tomatoes,canned
- 2tbsptomato paste
- 2tspsugar,optional
- ½cupwater
Instructions
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In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
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Add the onion, carrot, and garlic.
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Cook for 5 minutes until soft.
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Add the whole tomatoes with its juice, then gently break then apart with a spoon.
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Stir in the basil, oregano, salt, pepper, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, and water.
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Simmer uncovered on low heat for 20 minutes or until the sauce reaches desired consistency.
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Serve over spaghetti, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 113.71kcal
- Fat:Â 5.68g
- Saturated Fat:Â 0.80g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 3.79g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.77g
- Carbohydrates:Â 15.75g
- Fiber:Â 4.67g
- Sugar:Â 9.54g
- Protein:Â 3.03g
- Sodium:Â 584.03mg
- Calcium:Â 82.55mg
- Potassium:Â 583.88mg
- Iron:Â 2.20mg
- Vitamin A: 78.48µg
- Vitamin C:Â 24.77mg
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