Tomato base for pasta, pizza, bolognaise
In my quest to reduce ultra processed foods/ingredients I've started doing more batch cooking. I don't want to have to spend 1+ hrs cooking dinner every night. The meals we eat are now properly home cooked, and these take longer. So I've started batch cooking where I can. Today I cooked up an Italian tomato base which can be used to make tomato pasta - this can be enhanced by adding ingredients like mushrooms, or chopped chilli's for some spice. You can use the base sauce for pizza's like my 8yo did tonight, or for a bolognaise if you either add mince if you're a meat eater, or in my case, lentils and mushrooms. Either way, it makes a great base either by itself, or to turn into other meals. Here's how I made it. Ingredients 6 x packs of cherry tomato's, halved 2 x red onions, diced 3 x large cloves garlic, crushed 2 x tsp oregano 1 x chopped bunch fresh basil 4 x tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 x tsp salt 2 x tsp black pepper Optional - 3 tbsp tomato pu
