marinara sauce

this is probably the first recipe that my mother ever passed down to me and the first recipe i ever tried to recreate (at the age of  12 or so). ive changed it up a bit to fit my husbands and kids taste (and mine... like i dont add salt to it because i feel that there is enough salt in the canned tomatoes already).

Marinara sauce

1 28oz can tomato sauce
1 28 oz can tomato puree
1 15 oz can tomato paste
water (equivalent to
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 medium onion, peeled and cut in half
pepper to taste
1 tbsp or so olive oil

heat olive oil in large saucepan over low heat. (at this point, i recommend opening all of the cans so that you can quickly add them to the pan when needed). add garlic and quickly stir so that it doesn't burn.

add the tomato sauce, tomato puree and tomato paste. stir until well combined. fill each now-empty can with water and pour into the saucepan. stir until well combined. add pepper and stir again. now add the two onion pieces to the sauce.

 cook for 1 to 2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes or so. when done, remove the large onion pieces