Daybreak Kitchen: Classic Tomato Sauce

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier while vegetable oil is more budget-friendly.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free while pecorino is often less expensive.

Heat a medium grade olive oil in a pot over medium high heat.

Add diced green peppers and diced white onions to the pot to build a sofrito.

Add garlic to the pot and sauté until aromatic.

Stir in tomato paste and allow it to brown with the vegetables.

Deglaze the pan with half a cup of white wine, scraping up the brown bits from the bottom.

Let the wine cook out for about 30 seconds to reduce the alcohol.

Add eight cups of canned plum tomatoes to the pot and stir.

Season the sauce with fresh basil, salt, and pepper to taste.

Let the sauce simmer until the tomatoes break down and meld into the sauce.

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