Veggie Heavy Pizza Sauce
If you're the parent of a picky or challenging eater, this Veggie Heavy Pizza Sauce is for you. It's basically a variety of cooked and pureed vegetables, but it tastes just like the sauce you get in your favorite pizzeria.
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 190kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 red, orange or yellow bell pepper, diced
- 1 medium carrot
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 28-ounce cans diced tomatoes, drained
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the bell peppers, carrots, celery, onions, garlic and salt. Saute until veggies are soft, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 more minute, stirring constantly.
- Add the tomatoes, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat, puree with an immersion hand blender (or in a regular blender) until almost smooth.
- Return sauce to the heat and simmer until thick, 10-20 minutes. The longer you simmer this sauce the thicker and more flavorful it will become. You can simmer up to 2 hours.
Nutrition
Calories: 190kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 4g | Sodium: 580mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 3g