Living on your own can be challenging in terms of cooking for one. Sometimes I go grocery shopping and forget it's just me I'm shopping for. Here's a super-easy spaghetti sauce that tastes better than store-bought sauce, and can lend itself to using up your extra produce in your fridge. In my case, I had mushrooms that went unused a few days ago, and some home-grown hot house tomatoes from one of my co-workers.
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 large red onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
10 large white mushrooms, sliced
2 large, ripe tomatoes, diced
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp ketchup or tomato paste (whichever you have)
1/2 tsp dried oregano
Directions:
In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and let cook until the pieces start to turn translucent. Add the garlic and mushrooms, cooking and occasionally stirring until the mushrooms have reduced in volume, and a bit of liquid has formed in the bottom of your saucepan. Continuing to stir the mixture, add in the diced tomatoes, salt and pepper and cook until the tomatoes have lost their shape and released liquid to form a very watered down sauce. Add the ketchup or tomato paste and oregano and stir. Reduce to minimum heat and cover, leaving to simmer for at least 10 minutes. If possible, let the sauce simmer for an hour, stirring occasionally.
Serve over your favourite pasta. To compliment your meal, also serve with salad and a nice crusty italian or french loaf.
