Ellen’s Easy Spaghetti Sauce

Ellen needs easy recipes because her days are filled with caring for horses in need. This spaghetti sauce fills the bill when a stranger shows up on her doorstep in Red Thunder Reckoning. On busy nights, I’m all for something quick and easy and this spaghetti sauce recipe falls into that mold. The bonus: it makes a lot, which leaves enough sauce to make another family favorite—Lazy Day Lasagna.

Ellen’s Easy Spaghetti Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 – 28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes
- 1 – 15 oz. can of tomato sauce
- 1 – 14.5 oz. can of diced tomatoes
- 1 – 6 oz. can of tomato paste
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 green pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 celery stalk, diced
- 1 garlic clove. minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
Instructions
- Sauté vegetables and garlic in olive oil until onions are soft and transparent. Add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, Italian seasonings and crushed red pepper. Bring to boil, lower heat and simmer for twenty minutes.
Notes
From Red Thunder Reckoning, Flesh & Blood, Book 2
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