Quick Marinara Sauce

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A good marinara is a comfort food staple, especially if pasta, pizza, and Parmesan dishes rank high on your feel-good list. This versatile tomato sauce gives you maximum flavor fst so you won't be tempted to resort to the high=sodium jarred stuff. When you nmake it yourself, you know you are getting the best ingredients, and you control the salt.

Ingredients

• 1 tblsp olive oil
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• One 28-oz can crushed tomaotes (preferabley no-salt-added)
• 1 tsp dried basil
• Pinch crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 tsp salt (if using no-salt-added tomaotes), or to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Heat the oil in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, basil, and red pepper flakes and bring to a boil. Reduce the ehat to medium low and simmer for 15 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.

cal 60; tot fat 2.5g; sat fat 0g; mono fat 2g; poly fat 0.5g prot 1g; carb 8g; chol 0mg; sod 210mg