Homemade Pasta Sauce

Homemade Pasta Sauce

Ingredients:

1 garlic head, roasted

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 medium onion, finely chopped

2 28-ounce cans whole tomatoes (or 10 frozen tomatoes)

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram

1/2 teaspoon dried bay leaves

1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper (optional to taste)

2 5.5-ounce tomato paste

1 tablespoon sugar (optional)

salt and pepper

3 carrots, roughly chunked

1 lb button mushrooms, halved

3 red peppers, cut into bit-size

2 small zucchinis, roughly chunked

2 parsnips (optional)

Directions:

1) Slice off a little off the top of the head of garlic. Drizzle some olive oil. Roast the garlic head at 350F for about 40 minutes.

2) In a large pot over medium heat, add oil. Add onion and saute for a couple of minutes.

3) Reduce heat to simmer. Add tomatoes, oregano, basil, marjoram, bay leaves, crushed red pepper, sugar, salt and pepper. Break up the whole tomatoes with a spoon.

4) Add tomato paste. Stir occasionally for about an hour.

5) Whenever the garlic is ready, remove the garlic cloves. Mash up garlic and add to the pot.

6) Start adding in the vegetables starting with the ones that takes the longest to cook. I normally add the carrots first. After 20 minutes add mushrooms and red peppers. After another 10 minutes add zucchini and parsnip. Cook for another 10 minutes.