"Leftover" Sauce

I guess it's an Italian thing because I'm a big believer in not throwing away ANY food (especially food that I've made) so when there are several leftovers around, I just combine them together into delicious creations like this, "leftover" sauce.

Ingredients:
You can either use a sauce that you've already prepared and add to it, or you can start from scratch with:

- 1 can diced tomatos
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1.5 cups water
- 1 small onion, diced
- 12 garlic cloves, chopped


Use leftovers from the following:
- 1/2 green pepper, diced use leftovers from Stuffed Peppers
- kidney beans use leftovers from Mexican Bean Soup
- pinch of feta cheese use leftovers from Feta, Basil and Lemon Pasta
- Peas/Carrots mix use leftovers from Pan Seared Tuna with Peas & Carrots

Season with:
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
- crushed red pepper
- oregano
- sugar
- salt
- pepper

To Make:

If you are starting from scratch, saute the onions and garlic in olive oil for 5 minutes on medium high heat or until tender.

In a food processor, pulse the diced tomatoes 3 times, 2 seconds each. Add into a saucepan with tomato paste and add 1.5 cups of water.

Add in the onions and garlic and all other ingredients. Add a teaspoon of the following: crushed red pepper flakes, oregano, basil, salt, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of sugar. Mix together.

Add 2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese and mix together. Cook on the stove for 20-30 minutes on low heat stirring frequently.

Serve with pasta and serve while hot.

ENJOY!

Liz's ULTIMATE Sauce :

If you haven't noticed by now, sauce is my FAVORITE thing to eat and make. I just think that with the perfect sauce, your eating options are ENDLESS, not only does sauce go over top of pasta, but it can be turned into soup, dip, salsa, pizza... or put it on top of chicken or fish! Really the possibilities you have when you make a pot of sauce are ENDLESS.
I'm going to share my DELICIOUS sauce recipe that you will always be craving, trust me... try it out and let me know what you think!

Ingredients:
- 2 cans PLAIN tomato sauce
- 2 cans DICED tomatoes
- 20 fresh basil leaves
- 2 medium red bell peppers, diced
- 1 large onion, diced
- 20 garlic cloves, diced
- Parmesan cheese
- salt
- pepper
- sugar
- oregano
- crushed red pepper
- olive oil
- *secret ingredient*
- *secret ingredient*

* I can't share the 2 secret ingredients because once this sauce becomes famous, EVERYONE will want to know why it tastes SO GOOD! However, the sauce will be delicious without these, but with them it's just OUTRAGEOUS!

To Make:

In a large pot, drizzle about 1/2 cup of olive oil and saute the onions, garlic and red bell peppers for about 10 -12 minutes on medium low heat until they are very tender, lightly salt and stir every few minutes.

In the meantime, in a food processor, combine the diced tomatoes and basil leaves and pulse 6 times for 2 seconds each until the basil is chopped up.

Empty the diced tomatoes and basil into the sauce pot and stir together. Add the other two cans of PLAIN tomato sauce into the pot and stir together. Add 3/4 cup of Parmesan cheese. Add 1 tsp. of sugar and 1 tablespoon of the following, salt, pepper, oregano and as much crushed red pepper as preferred.

Mix all ingredients together and let this sauce simmer for at least 30 minutes before serving. The longer the sauce can cook, the better it will be... cook on medium LOW heat and check frequently and stir every 5 minutes.

DELICIOUS... this sauce CAN'T be beat...

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Spicy Habanero Sauce

I can't tell you how much I LOVE spicy food and SPICY SAUCE!!! So I was thrilled when my husband brought home some FRESH home-grown habanero peppers! Of course, I was immediately inspired to make a sauce. It's quick, simple and EASY...and OMG it's SOOO DELICIOUS!





Ingredients:
- 2 cans of PLAIN tomato sauce
- 3-4 small red habanero peppers, seeds removed, finely diced
- 1-2 med. size orange habanero peppers, seeds removed, finely diced
- 1 med. onion, diced
- 5 large cloves of garlic, minced
- paprika
- crushed red pepper
- salt
- pepper
- fresh oregano
- fresh basil
- olive oil


To Make:

In a med. sauce pan, drizzle some olive oil and saute your diced garlic, onion and diced peppers for about 5-6 minutes on med.-high heat or until tender. Sprinkle them lightly with salt and ground black pepper.

Next, add in your canned sauce and mix together, reducing heat to med. low. Add a teaspoon of salt to the top and a generous portion of black pepper. Add a teaspoon of paprika.

Chop up 4 sprigs of fresh oregano and a handful of fresh basil and add into the sauce. Mix in as much crushed red pepper as you can handle.

Turn on low heat and let this cook at least 30 minutes so all of the flavors can cook together. Stir this every 5-6 minutes.

Serve with bread, pasta, meat or fish. ENJOY!!!