A simple, homemade tomato sauce made with fresh tomatoes. Eat it with pasta or garlic bread, or freeze it for eating year-round. It's an ultra-simple, hands-off recipe and you can let the stove or the slow cooker do most of the work for you!
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When you have more fresh tomatoes on your hands than you can cook with, make this easy, homemade tomato sauce. Eat it right away with pasta or garlic bread, or freeze or can it for later. It's an ultra-simple, hands-off recipe and you can let the stove or the slow cooker do most of the work for you!

Recipe FAQs

Can I make this sauce with canned tomatoes" If making the sauce with canned tomatoes, replace the three pounds of tomatoes needed for this recipe with four 14-oz cans of plum tomatoes (with juice) or pureed tomatoes. If using plum tomatoes crush them with your fingers before adding to the crockpot. This will also add more texture to the sauce. Do you have to peel the tomatoes for this tomato sauce" No. It's better not to peel vegetables with edible peels because often a good deal of the nutrition lies in the skin. If possible, use organic tomatoes. Although the Environmental Working Group dropped tomatoes from its Dirty Dozen list in 2023, tomatoes continue to rank among vegetables with a high pesticide residue. Can I use this homemade tomato sauce in pasta dishes" This basic tomato sauce is terrific as a p...