How To Make Spaghetti Sauce

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is healthier, while canola oil is more budget-friendly.

canned tomatoes

🥗Healthier: fresh tomatoes

💰Cheaper: crushed tomatoes

Fresh tomatoes are more nutritious, and crushed tomatoes are often cheaper.

Boil about an inch and a half of water in a large pot.

Add fresh plum tomatoes to the boiling water and let them boil for 10 to 15 minutes.

Turn off the heat and let the tomatoes cool down a bit.

Add chopped small red onion and minced store-bought garlic to the pot with olive oil and turn the heat down to 4 to simmer until the onions are translucent.

Process the boiled tomatoes through a tomato processing machine to separate the skins and seeds from the sauce.

Transfer the processed tomato sauce into the pot with the onions and garlic.

Add about a tablespoon of sugar to cut the acidity of the tomatoes.

Add about a teaspoon of salt, a little more pepper, about 20 shakes of oregano, and about four shakes of celery salt to the sauce.

Add about eight fresh basil leaves to the sauce, either whole or chopped.

Stir the sauce well and heat it to boiling uncovered for about 10 minutes.

Lower the heat to a simmer and let the sauce simmer uncovered for two hours.

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