Fresh Pizza Sauce

Every summer I think, we will not buy as many tomato plants next year. But then spring comes around, and I get gardening fever. I go to buy my plants (I used to start my own, but I'm too lazy now) and I see that it's cheaper to buy a 4 pack than it is to buy a single plant. And I like variety! So by the time I pick out some type of cherry tomato, a Roma, an heirloom, and an Early Girl or Big Beef or something, I've already got 16 plants.

16 tomato plants!!!

So I always end up with too many tomatoes.

We eat pizza a lot. Too much, really. But if my hubby had it his way, we would alternate between hamburgers and pizza, and that would basically be it. So our compromise is pizza once a week. I know, that's a ton (we alternate between pepperoni, chicken alfredo, and bbq chicken, but still....).

So I try to kill 2 birds with one stone by using some of those tomatoes for fresh pizza sauce.  And I usually make this times 5 or 6, and then I freeze the extras in ice cube trays. After frozen solid, I put them in a ziploc bag and just pull out as much as I want.

This is the easiest pizza sauce EVER!

1 clove Garlic
1 Tbs. fresh Basil
1 tsp. Salt
pinch of Pepper
1/4 tsp. Sugar
1 tsp. dried Oregano
2 Tbs. Oil (I use Olive)
2 Ripe Tomatoes
Tomato Paste to desired thickness

Blend the garlic and basil in a food processor-- you may have to scrape the sides a couple of times. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend without liquifying.

That's it!

Funny

I saw this on Pinterest, and I had a good chuckle, so I'm sharing it.

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