Marinara

• servings: Sauce for 1 box

Ingredients

3 tbsp olive oil or butter

3 cloves garlic

Red pepper flakes

Large can crushed tomatoes

Optional bay leaf

1 tbsp oregano

5 ribboned basil leaves or tbsp dried

2 dashes thyme

Directions

In medium heat pot add oil and then red pepper and garlic and don’t brown but sizzle for a minute or two. Add crushed tomatoes and bay leaf if using bring to simmmer for 10 minutes (add 1/4 water used to rinse can too). When sauce is darker red add spices and cook 2 mins more. Taste for salt, pepper, or (if too acidic) sugar needed.