Homemade Tomato Sauce

• servings: 1 cup

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 red onion finely diced

1 clove garlic clove crushed

4 vine tomatoes chopped

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1 pinch mixed herbs

½ cup water

sea salt and pepper to season

Directions

Heat olive oil in a saucepan before sautéing onion, garlic and tomatoes for 2-3 minutes.

Add balsamic vinegar, brown sugar and tomato paste then mixed herbs and water.

Simmer for about 10 minutes until thick. Season with sea salt and pepper. Sauce will keep in a jar in the fridge for a couple of days.

Please note nutrition values below are for the entire recipe, not per serve. Recipe makes around 1 cup of sauce.

Notes

This tomato sauce is such a useful recipe to have on hand – and because you’re making it at home you avoid all the additives and excessive sugars in some other versions. It will keep in the fridge for a couple of days as well, so you can prepare it in advance.

Serve this sauce with twice-cooked hand cut chips, herby panko-crumbed fish and pink mayo for a healthy version of Friday night fish and chips – a Kiwi classic that the kids will love!