Home-made Tomato Sauce

Hubby went shopping at a farmer's market for me and came home with a kilo of tomatoes. Because they were very ripe, I decided to make a tomato sauce for tonight's pasta. It's easy, tasty, low-fat and very healthy.

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo of very red ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped. I did NOT peel or de-seed them!
• 2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
• Small bunch basil, stalks removed and roughly chopped
• 4 small green capsicums, seeds removed and roughly chopped
• Freshly ground rock-salt and black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste

Method:

1. Add 1 tablespoon of good quality olive oil to a large pan and cook the capsicums with the garlic, salt & pepper until semi-soft, stirring often, then set aside in a bowl
2. Put the tomatoes in the pan, add more salt & pepper, the tomato paste, and basil and cook for about 20mins stirring often
3. Return the capsicums to the tomatoes and cook for a further 10min
4. Serve over a bowl of steaming hot pasta garnished with shaved parmesan cheese.

Note: This recipe is suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans minus the cheese. It is quite versatile as it can be used as a pizza base, pasta sauce, relish, or a ratatouille base. It can also be frozen for later, blended to a smoother consistency or left chunky. We like it chunky...D-E-L-icious  XD