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Quick Pasta Sauce (2 Ingredients!)

When you're short on time and dinner has become an afterthought, this two-ingredient quick pasta sauce has your back! It's a simple combination of basic tomato sauce and garlic that gives your pasta night that home-cooked feel without taking more than 20 minutes to throw together.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Dips, Sauces, and Salsas, Pastas
Cuisine: American, Italian
Diet: Diabetic, Gluten Free, Halal, Hindu, Kosher, Low Calorie, Low Fat, Low Lactose, Low Salt, Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword: easy pasta sauce, quick pasta sauce, roasted tomato sauce
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Sarah Bond

Ingredients

  • Splash olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 8-oz can tomato sauce 226 g

Instructions

  • Garlic: Heat a splash of oil in a pot or pan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring often, until it begins to turn golden and smell fragrant.
    Browning garlic in a pan.
  • Tomato: Stir in tomato sauce and continue to cook for about 15 minutes.
    Adding tomato sauce to a pan with garlic.
  • Serve: Serve warm with your favorite pasta!
    Adding spaghetti noodles to pasta sauce in a pan.

Notes

Storage: If you have leftover sauce, keep it in the fridge for up to 5 days in an airtight container. Leftover pasta tossed in the sauce will last 4 days in the fridge. You can also freeze the pasta sauce for up to 3 months!
 
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