my marinara sauce

Name: My Marinara Sauce
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup(s) ev olive oil; 2 (14oz) can(s) diced tomatoes (i think hunts is best but use what you like); 3-4 clove(s) garlic chopped or sliced; 1 - handful of parsley; 4-5 - basil leaves rolled up and torn; - salt & pepper to taste

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Cathy LaFay

Cape Coral, FL

Updated on Mar 20, 2012

My Mom would make this at least once a week growing up. She used real tomatoes mostly... but I use cans... shhhh dont tell her!!

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Ingredients

1/4 cup ev olive oil
2 (14oz) cans diced tomatoes (i think hunts is best but use what you like)
3-4 cloves garlic chopped or sliced
1 - handful of parsley
4-5 - basil leaves rolled up and torn
- salt & pepper to taste

How To Make my marinara sauce

Step 1

sautee garlic in oil until it starts to get golden in color (make sure not to burn)

Step 2

Add the tomatoes, parsley and basil and bring to a boil (stir often)
Step 3

Simmer for about 30 minutes to an hour (the longer the better but not necessary)
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