Welcome to Plan n Cook — plan meals, shop once, cook with less stress.

Plan n Cook
join
kitchen
Home kitchen plans

Basic Tomato Sauce

Basic Tomato Sauce

Cuisine:Italian

Course:Sauce

10m prep 1h 0m cook 1h 10m ready

A simple and classic tomato sauce made with canned Italian plum tomatoes, onions, and herbs. Perfect for pizza or pasta.

Ingredients

Servings:

Nutrition (per serving, estimated)

Estimated based off 6 of 9 identified ingredients (per 100 g food data, scaled by amount).

Energy
524 cal
Protein
13.3 g
Carbohydrate
66.1 g
Fiber
14 g
Sugars
38.9 g
Sodium
1342 mg
Total fat
28.5 g
Saturated fat
4.09 g
Monounsaturated fat
19.9 g
Polyunsaturated fat
3.32 g
Vitamins & minerals
  • Calcium: 143 mg
  • Iron: 8.74 mg
  • Magnesium: 130 mg
  • Phosphorus: 268 mg
  • Potassium: 2931 mg
  • Zinc: 1.98 mg

Let's Prepare

Collect

Gather these ingredients - no prep needed yet.

  • 29.6 ml olive oil
  • 710 ml canned Italian-style plum tomatoes
  • 1 tomato paste
  • 1.23 ml freshly ground pepper
  • 2.46 ml salt
  • 1.23 ml garlic salt
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2.46 ml oregano

Prepare

  • Chop 237 ml onion

Let's Cook

  1. Step 1.

    Saute onions in olive oil over medium heat until transparent.

  2. Step 2.

    Add remaining ingredients (except oregano) and stir. Simmer uncovered 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.

  3. Step 3.

    Add oregano and continue to simmer for 15 minutes.

  4. Step 4.

    Remove bay leaf.

  5. Step 5.

    Spread over pizza dough.

Ratings & reviews

Have you made this? Take a moment and let us know what you think. Sign in to leave a rating.

Get weekly meal ideas

Fresh recipes and planning tips from Plan n Cook.

Plan a week

Drop recipes onto breakfast, lunch, and dinner for every day.

One grocery list

Ingredients combined and scaled to your household servings.

Cook from recipes

Browse the library and public kitchens when you need inspiration.

Keep your kitchen

Save favorites, pantry items, and meal plans in one place.