Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce

Let’s face it… sometimes you’d rather be outside enjoying your day rather than in the kitchen slaving over your stove

One Sunday morning when I found myself in the kitchen getting ready to make my Simple Tomato Sauce recipe, I thought, “Why not throw all of the ingredients in the slow cooker?!”

So I did and now I wonder why it took me so many years to figure this out

Granted, slow cooker sauce is a bit thinner than sauce cooked for a few hours stove-top, but there are many recipes we make that work better with a thinner sauce

Dice one medium onion and finely chop 4 garlic cloves

Blend three 28 ounce cans of whole plum tomatoes with an immersion blender.  This also accounts for the thinness of the sauce

If you prefer to use crushed, you’ll save a step and your sauce will be a bit thicker.  I prefer to use whole plum tomatoes because we like the taste better

Put the onions, garlic, three cans of tomatoes and 1 teaspoon each of Everyday Seasonings which is kosher salt, black pepper, onion powder and garlic powder in a slow cooker, along with 1 tablespoon of sugar

Next we will add in some fresh herbs

Stir in about 2 tablespoons of fresh basil chiffonade, one teaspoon of fresh oregano and 3 bay leaves

Show Me How to Chiffonade Basil

Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or low for about 7-8 hours

I break the cardinal rule of slow cooking and stir a few times when I think of it

Now it’s time to taste and re-season if necessary.  You may need a pinch of salt, or some crushed red pepper to get the flavor just right

And there you have it!

A batch of super simple Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce!

Enjoy!!!

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