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tbsp of butter
1 onion
3 garlic knuckles
1 or 2 28 oz cans of Cento crushed tomatoes (or any other canned san marzano tomatoes)
chop the onion finely, warm the butter in a heavy bottomed pot over med heat. Saute the onion until translucent, smash and peel the garlic. chop the garlic into small pieces and toss in with the onion and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add the tomatoes to the pot. At this point if you want pizza sauce, take the pot off the stove and stir a swirl of olive oil, salt and pepper, and 1-2 tbsp of basil or a handful of chopped fresh.
If you want a marinara sauce: increase the butter by another tbsp. chop up a carrot and a celery stalk into a tiny dice. After the onions are translucent toss the carrot and celery in when you put the garlic garlic in and sprinkle with some salt. cook down about 12-15 minutes. Pour in a 28oz can of crushed san marzano tomatoes (I use cento brand) and warm until starting to bubble. Turn down to simmer and cover. simmer about an hour, stirring occasionally. Chop a handful of basil (or 2 tsp of dried) and stir that into the sauce 10 minutes before the sauce is done. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
If you want a meaty sauce using the first recipe above: after sauteing the onion until translucent, add a finely diced carrot and saute for 10 mins over medium heat, brown a lb (or 2 lbs if you are using two 28 oz cans of crushed tomatoes) of ground meat. You can use whatever ground meat you want. I like a mix of either veal,beef, and pork or beef and italian sausage. anyway. brown the meat. Add the chopped garlic, cook about five more minutes and then add the crushed tomatoes. ( you can add 1/4 cup of red wine to the sauce too if you want at this point . Bring to bubbling, then turn the heat to low and simmer two hours or so. You can add use for pasta, lasagna, whatever. Toss in 2 tsp of basil, 1 tsp oregano, salt and pepper

>>4369371
Thanks, that is something I will keep in mind, my FIL has a terrible diet and very high blood pressure. I have been very lucky that my is normal, even when we were eating a standard american diet. We are focusing on nourishing food, and carbs can certainly be nourishing. I don't think that we should eat as many carbohydrates as the USDA suggests, maybe even half as much as the suggest actually, but they do have a place in my diet (and a special place in my heart).

>>4369378
yay beer! I don't drink it too often anymore though, but I do enjoy it when I do. I buy sprouted grain bread (Ezekiel) and sprouted wheat tortillas, but I am looking to start baking more.