Simple Tomato Sauce

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Excellent Taste! Easy, delicious and inexpensive to make.

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Tomato sauces are normally too sharp, too acidic- or worst of all: too sweet- for me, but this one is sublime. I always keep it on hand in my freezer so I don't have to resort to yucky store-bought sauce in an "emergency". Rich and perfectly balanced, it's even better than good quality restaurant sauce. Superb!

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Made this recipe and it is great. In my opinion San Marzano canned tomatoes are best. Nice basic sauce.

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I got this recipe from Giada's cookbook, "Everyday Italian". It is so easy to prepare and tastes wonderful. I lost the book (probably lent it to someone and I decided to look here for the recipe. The name of the recipe is fitting and is a great way to teach the kids how to cook without being complicated. I love Giada's recipes. I have been cooking for 40 years and have been told many times how good I am at it. I am always looking for new ideas and Giada has soo many. Recipes like this one are truly gems because they are quick, easy and taste oh, sooo good.

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For anyone whose sauce turns out orange, it is most likely because you are using the baby carrots that have orange coloring added. If you use whole carrots you won't have this problem. This is a simple excellent sauce. Goes great with Anne Burrell's Excellent Meatballs!

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Everyone who knows me knows that I have a celebrity crush on Giada, but I'm very critical about what I make.

This recipe for tomato sauce is great. As it is, the recipe is a bit oily. I recommend using only enough oil to cover the bottom of your pan. Otherwise, the sauce has a deep flavor that works well wherever you would use tomato sauce.

Depending on the brand of tomatoes that you buy, the level of acidity varies. I prefer Hunt's crushed tomatoes, though I have used peeled and seeded tomatoes from my garden as well as tomatoes from other companies. I have had to use a tablespoon or three of butter to cut the acidity, but that's not a problem.

Where this recipe really shines is as a platform for variations. I have tripled the amount of basil for a wonderful basil-tomato sauce. Add chile flakes and/or jalapeno chiles before blending and have a spicy tomato sauce. I've made a meat sauce by adding diced Italian sausage or ground beef and turkey.

Don't hesitate to make this sauce; just remember to use a bit less oil than the recipe recommends.

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I saw Giada use this sauce on her TV show, and it looked very different on TV... much redder. I decided to try it, and while I did only use 1/4 c. olive oil, and skipped the butter at the end, the recipe needed help. I added a lot more herbs to it... more basil, oregano, and thyme, and I added a can of tomato paste to try to give it a more tomato-y flavor. I also added sugar to cut the acidity, since I didn't want to add butter. With my changes, the sauce was good, but definitely not a traditional sauce.

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I make a bunch of this at a time and freeze it for later use. Really very easy and tasty.

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This recipe was easy to follow and turned out great!

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Thank you for this easy making tomato sauce, its so simple to make and really delicious.