Mama's Pizza Sauce

After mastering the dough, it was time to set out to make a homemade {clean} sauce!  This recipe is very easy to make and is a crowd pleaser every time. 

Even though this is a simple recipe, picking the right ingredients is key to having a {clean} sauce. And if you are not looking at the labels you can set yourself up for a big pot of SODIUM sauce! When shopping for your items look for 100% Natural and check out the amount of sodium in each can.  

Here's some that have low sodium that I have used in the past from Kroger:

This is my favorite brand of crushed tomatoes so far and makes the best quality sauce!

(I found it in the Italian section at my local Kroger)

Mama's Pizza Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1  32oz can of {100% Natural} Crushed Tomatoes
• 2  6oz cans of {100% Natural} Tomato Paste
• 1 tsp Dried Oregano
• 1 Tbps (or more) Fresh Basil (1 tsp dried will do)
• 1/3 c Agave Nectar
• 1/4 tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
• 4 Garlic Cloves, Minced (I usually use 8)
• 2-3 tsp Olive Oil
• 1/2 tsp Kosher or Sea Salt

1)  In a saucepan, saute garlic in oil until tender (or you start to smell the garlic)

2)  Stir in the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. 

3)  Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, give or take. 

 NOTE:  This makes enough for two batches of the wheat pizza dough.  If you have leftovers the sauce may be refrigerated for up to 1 week.  Keep in mind, you can "tweak" your recipe to make it sweeter or spicier by adding more or less agave and crushed red pepper flakes.  I rarely measure when making this. Shocker, I know!