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A staple you should always have in your fridge or freezer is tomato sauce. This Veggie Loaded Homemade Tomato Sauce is a flavorful, fresh and nutritious tomato sauce you must have on hand at all times. Made with fresh tomatoes, zucchini, mushrooms, fresh basil, aromatics, spices and herbs.

Veggie Loaded Homemade Tomato Sauce

It’s officially tomato and zucchini season and what better way to use up all those veggies than by making some Veggie Loaded Homemade Tomato Sauce. This sauce is pretty easy to make, gives a great conistency and is perfect to use in any pasta dishes, zoodles, or pizza. It’s a must to keep in the freezer and have access to it. Especially on those days that you need a quick dinner.

Freeze your tomato sauce in portions of 1-2 cups. Thaw out in the fridge or run under cold water for a few minutes. Throw on some pasta or zoodles for an easy dinner. I also love to use this sauce on homemade pizza or as a dip with certain dishes or appetizers. It adds so much flavor to any foods you add it to.

What you will love the most about this tomato sauce is that it is loaded with fresh veggies. Aside from the tomatoes, it also contains zucchini, mushrooms and onion. Adding much more of a nutritional value than any store-bought tomato or pasta sauce. This tomato sauce also doesn’t have any added sugar. Just fresh ingredietns that come together to make a delicious and flavorful sauce.

Health Benefits of Tomatoes:

• Promote heart health
• Improves digestion
• Reduced high blood pressure
• Great for skin and hair
• Improves vision
• Prevents cancer
• Maintains blood sugar balance

What you need to make this Veggie Loaded Homemade Tomato Sauce:

Ingredients:

• Fresh Tomatoes
• Zucchini
• Crimini Mushrooms
• Fresh Basil
• Yellow Onion
• Garlic
• Pink Salt
• Black Pepper
• Dried Oregano
• Dried Parsley

Equipment:

• Large Pot
• Immersion Blender

How to make Veggie Loaded Tomato Sauce:

1. Dice tomatoes, zucchini and onion, mince garlic cloves, thinly slice basil. 
2. In a large sauce pan, heat up olive oil on medium-high heat. Toss in garlic and onions and sauté until onions start to translucent. About 2 minutes. 
3. Stir in mushrooms and zucchini and continue to sauté until they start to cook through and soften. It will take 6-8 minutes. 
4. Toss tomatoes in and bring heat down to medium-low and allow to simmer. Tomatoes will start to reduce. 
5. Sprinkle salt, pepper, oregano, parsley and basil. Stir and continue to simmer until basil starts to wilt. 
6. Turn heat down to low and continue simmer for another 10 minutes. While sauce simmers, use an immersion blender to blend sauce until smooth consistency is reached (see note). Continue simmering on low heat for another 5 minutes. 
7. Remove sauce from heat. Allow to cool-off and pour into mason jars in desired portions. Refrigerate for up to 10 days or freeze for up to 6 months.

How to store your Veggie Loaded Homemade Tomato Sauce:

Your tomato sauce will be best stored in a mason jar. The sauce will stay fresh in your fridge. Keep refrigerated for up to 7 days. This Veggie Loaded Homemade Tomato Sauce is freezer friendly and will last in your freezer for up to 6 months.

Freeze your sauce in mason jars as well. Just make sure you leave enough space on the top to allow the sauce to expand after it freezes. This will prevent the glass from breaking in your freezer. Mason jars usually have a line on the side, fill it up to there if freezing.

Meal Prepping it:

This delicious tomato sauce is great for meal prep. You can use it on anything from pastas, zoodles, homemade pizza, or even a dip for garlic bread. Make a large batch and keep some in your freezer. It will come in handy whenever you have one of those days you don’t know what to make for dinner. Thaw some out and throw on some pasta with some veggies.

Freeze your sauce in portions so you only thaw out what you need. I usually freeze it in portions of 1-2 cups. You can thaw out in your fridge overnight, or run under cold water for a few minutes. Do not run cold/frozen glass under warm or hot water because it will make it shatter and ruin your sauce.

Recipes you can use this Veggie Loaded Homemade Tomato Sauce in:

• Classic Spaghetti and Meatballs (Gluten-Free)
• Baked Turkey Meatballs
• Eggplant Zucchini Fritters
• Spaghetti Squash Boats
• Baked Vegetarian Meatballs
• Kale Chicken Meatballs
• Chicken and Veggie Meatballs

Like this Veggie Loaded Homemade Tomato Sauce? You may also like these other condiment recipes:

• Homemade Gluten-Free Gravy
• Pickled Red Onions
• Homemade Cranberry Sauce
• Easy Homemade Chimichurri Sauce
• Homemade Vegan Mayo

*Number of total servings in estimated. Actual number of servings may vary depending on your own personal preference in portion sizes.

**Nutritional values shown are general guidelines for 1 serving using the ingredients listed above. These numbers do not reflect and may vary depending on substitutions, additions and/or different brands and/or other ingredients that may be used. 

**Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links and sponsored content. All the opinions are my own and I only recommend products I use in my own home with my own family. 

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