Homemade pasta sauce

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Easy peasy tomato pasta sauce recipe

Easy and much better for you than shop-bought tomato sauce for pasta

30 minutes

Serves 3

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Recipe by: Mixer | Eat Move Learn cook

Making tomato sauce is so easy – and a good thing to learn when you’re starting to cook. You can use tomatoes when they’ve started to go a bit soft because you’ll be cooking them anyway. Tomatoes contain vitamin A, which is good for eyesight.

This recipe is from our Eat Move Learn programme helping kids to eat healthily and stay active.

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Two hands - one large, one smallSuitable for young cooks

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Recipe by: Mixer | Eat Move Learn cook

Making tomato sauce is so easy – and a good thing to learn when you’re starting to cook. You can use tomatoes when they’ve started to go a bit soft because you’ll be cooking them anyway. Tomatoes contain vitamin A, which is good for eyesight.

This recipe is from our Eat Move Learn programme helping kids to eat healthily and stay active.

> See all our recipes suitable for young cooks

Two hands - one large, one smallSuitable for young cooks

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 2 large fresh tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon tomato purée
  • 1 tablespoon dried mixed herbs or oregano

CALORIES: 163

FAT: 4.7g

5 A DAY: 2

SALT: 0.04g

SUGAR: 18g

Method

  1. First, ask an adult to help you heat the oil in your saucepan. Add the chopped onion and garlic and stir until the onions are translucent. This will take around 10 minutes.
  2. Next, stir in the fresh chopped tomatoes and the can of tomatoes. Keep the pan on a low heat.
  3. Then mix in the tomato purée and dried mixed herbs. Let the mixture simmer for about 10 minutes, then it’s ready to serve!

TOP TIP

Cook some wholemeal pasta and stir the sauce through. Serve with a bit of fresh basil on top.

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