Simple Pizza Sauce

This recipe couldn’t be any simpler. Just process the ingredients in a food processor and your done! The result is a tasty, thick pizza sauce with Italian seasoning.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 vidalia onion
• 3 cloves garlic
• 6oz can Muir Glen Organic Tomato Paste
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 teaspoons dry Simply Organic Italian seasoning or other brand
• 1/2 teaspoon finely ground Himalayan Salt or Celtic Sea Salt

Directions:

1. Place all the ingredients in a food processor and process for 1 minute or until a thick sauce is achieved.
2. To make pizza, spread the sauce thinly on baked homemade Gluten-free Pizza Dough or Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free Pizza Crust, then add Daiya Mozzarella Style Shreds or dollop with homemade Vegan Melted ‘Cheese’ and top with sautéd vegetables* and bake some more, according to your pizza crust recipe directions.
3. Slice the hot pizza with an OXO SteeL Pizza Wheel or other pizza cutter, then serve and enjoy!

Yield: Makes about 1/2 cup sauce

*To make a sautéd vegetable pizza topping, heat 1 tablespoon coconut oil in a large sauce pan, sauté 1 thinly sliced Vidalia onion for 2 minutes or until transparent. Add 3 cups chopped broccoli florets, or julienne cut bell peppers, or sliced portabella mushrooms, or a combination of these or other vegetables and sauté for another 2 minutes or until just tender. Don’t overcook. Mix in 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper and 1/2 teaspoon finely ground Himalayan salt or Celtic Sea Salt. Remove from heat and it’s ready to use as a pizza topping.