Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

 We made our first batch of homemade spaghetti sauce today! We picked a half of a bushel of tomatoes and a handful of jalapeños from the garden (as well as baskets of zucchini and yellow squash) and began the process! Here's what you need!

1/2 bushel tomatoes (2 gallons blended tomatoes)
6 cloves garlic
3 lbs onions
4 green peppers
medium to hot peppers to taste

You just blend all of these ingredients in a blender (in batches of course!). And cook it down for about 2 hours until it thickens.

This is what all of the puree looks like before you cook it down!

Then you add the following:

1 1/2 c. olive oil

3-4 cans(12 oz) tomato paste

2 Tbsp. oregano

2 Tbsp. basil

3/4 c. sugar

1/4 c. salt

Then you cook it down another 1-2 hours until it reaches the consistency you like. You can freeze or can it. -It makes about 2 gallons of sauce. 

Super delicious sauce ready to be devoured! 

The sauce is amazing just over pasta, or you can cook up some meat and make it a meat sauce. One of my favorite ways to use it is for pizza sauce. I use whole wheat bread dough, this sauce, and mozzarella cheese. Then I saute broccoli, mushrooms, and spinach and sprinkle that on. And to top it of, chunk up some cream cheese and layer that on as well. It is amazing! If you like more protein, chicken is great on it too!

Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do!