Easy tomato sauce recipes that go with everything - 2 recipes

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Mix the olive oil, chopped basil, garlic, salt and pepper in a bowl.
Carefully slice the eggplant on it's side in a cross-hatch pattern, without cutting all the way through.
Lay the eggplants inside an oven-safe baking tray.
Pour the oil mixture over the eggplants, taking care to pour between the slices.
Stuff the gaps in the eggplant with shredded cheese.
Cook in the oven at 355°F for 45 minutes, until the flesh is cooked and the cheese totally melted.
Serve and enjoy!

By european cutie, European Cutie

I love my homemade recipe for tomato sauce

2-3 tbsp olive oil
1 jumbo onion
diced
5-6 garlic cloves (pressed
crushed
or minced)
1/2 tsp salt (or half as much table salt)
1/2 tsp pepper
6 oz can tomato paste
6 lb can San Marzano whole tomatoes (pureed until smooth in food processor
blender
or food mill)
3 tbsp dried parsley
4 dried bay leaves
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp kosher salt (or half as much table salt)
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (kids might find this amount a tad spicy - adults usually love it - I double it)
*Fresh basil
chopped or torn (as much as you like
but don't add until serving)