Home-Style Tomato Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

1		No-salt-added crushed tomatoes - (28 oz)
3		Tomato paste - (6 oz ea)
3/4 lb	340g / 11oz	Plum tomatoes - chopped
1 1/2 cups	355ml	Water
3/4 cup	177ml	Dry red wine
		= (or 98% fat-free no-salt-added canned
		Beef broth)
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Chopped onion
2 cups	186g / 6.6oz	Garlic cloves - minced (large)
1/2 tablespoon	7.5ml	Crushed dried oregano
2 tablespoons	30ml	Bay leaves (large)
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
		Salt - (optional), to taste

Recipe Instructions

To make the sauce: In a large heavy pot, combine the sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to a slow simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.

Discard bay leaves. Divide sauce in half. Use each half as directed in recipes or transfer into 2-cup plastic freezer containers. Label and freeze until firm.

This recipe yields 2 quarts.

Exchanges Per 1/2-cup Serving: 1/2 Carbohydrate (1 1/2 Vegetable).

Nutrition Facts: 42 calories (0 calories from fat), 2 g protein, 0 total fat (0 saturated fat), 8 g carbohydrates, 1 g dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 117 mg sodium.

Source:
Diabetic Recipes at http://www.diabetic-recipes.com

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