Marinara Sauce

I started this blog because I am always sending my newly tried recipes, those that come out good of course, to my mom. Anyway, I figured I could start this blog and if she (or anyone else) tries them, you can let me know what you think (by leaving a comment at the end of that recipe)! It will take a while to get going because I am going to include a picture with each recipe. And, in the past, it wasn't a habit of mine to take pictures at dinner LOL


I have plenty of recipes I would love to post but I am going to try and include a picture with each one. Some I have made up, some are from cookbooks (which I will let you know) and others are from cookbooks or other people and edited a bit.

Well, I am cooking chicken parmesan tonight and there is nothing special about chicken but I made my own marinara sauce. I use this sauce anytime I need a red sauce so mostly pasta or homemade pizza.

Marinara Sauce

½ cup EVOO

1 small onion, chopped

1 tablespoon minced garlic

2 celery stalks, chopped

½ tsp salt

½ tsp black pepper

2 – 28 cans crushed tomatoes

2 dried bay leaves

4 leaves fresh basil

1 tbsp fresh curly parsley

¼ tsp fresh oregano

Heat EVOO in pot, add onion, garlic, celery. Let cook down about 10 minutes. Add rest of ingredients. Let cook at least 30 minutes. Freezes well.