Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• 28 oz can peeled crushed tomatoes
• 1 TBSP butter
• 1-2 TBSP oil
• finely diced onion
• finely grated carrot
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 TBSP tomato paste
• small palm full of celery flake
• salt
• pepper
• basil, tiny pinch
• garlic powder

Directions

1. Heat butter and oil over medium heat.
2. Add onions and red pepper and celery flakes; cook until onions are softened.
3. Add grated carrots, tomato paste, garlic cloves, salt and pepper; cook until tomato paste is distributed evenly throughout the mixture.
4. Add tomatoes. Next, add enough water to the can to remove any tomato left in the can; pour this in also.
5. Add basil and garlic powder.
6. Simmer on medium low for about 20 minutes.