Once you have really good homemade tomato sauce, you’ll never want to buy it again. You can make this from good quality canned tomatoes, or from fresh garden tomatoes when you have access to them. Thanks to Ricki Heller for featuring this on her blog.
Suitable for:
vegan, gluten-free, reduced-sugar, low-sodium, and migraine diets

Chunky homemade tomato sauce
Make this easy homemade tomato sauce in 30 minutes. Suitable for migraine and low-sodium diets.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil (extra virgin) organic, extra virgin
- 2 shallots large
- 2 cloves garlic
- 28 ounces tomatoes
- 1 tsp oregano (dried)
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 handfuls basil leaves (fresh) about 1/4 cup
Instructions
- Peel the papery skin off the shallots and garlic and mince finely.
- Wash and spin dry the basil, then roll up in a kitchen towel while you are working.
- Heat oil in a medium pan and sauté shallots and garlic for 2 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, oregano, and pepper and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Cut the basil into ribbons or finely chop.
- Remove sauce from heat and stir in basil.
- May be frozen.
Notes
Per serving:
- 80 calories
- 5 g fat
- 0 g cholesterol
- 17 mg sodium
- 266 mg potassium
- 8 g carbohydrate
- 2 g fiber
- 4 g sugars
- 1 g protein
- 2 Weight Watchers Points Plus
Hello
Does that one 28 ounce can of tomatoes really yield 6 cups? Water isn’t necessary?
Hi Lyn, If you look again you’ll see the yield is six 1/2 cup servings, or 3 cups of sauce. No water is added. Enjoy!
The sauce looks great and probably tastes better! Motivates me to start my seeds indoors. Thank you.
Thanks Margit! Have fun gardening!
I LOVE homemade tomato sauce, this looks awesome!