So, I will admit: I was overly ambitious. I saw the 2 pound box of lovely cherry tomatoes at the grocery store and I jumped on it. I'll eat those as a healthy snack...or so I thought. A week later I had a pound of cherry tomatoes going a little soft. What to do?
Simple Tomato Sauce
1 lb cherry tomatoes that you thought you would eat as a "healthy snack"
1/2 yellow onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tbls fresh basil
Italian spices (I like thyme, parsley, oregano, and crushed red pepper)
1 tbls sugar
1. Saute onion in 1 tbl olive oil over medium high heat until soft.
2. Throw in crushed garlic and tomatoes.
3. As tomatoes soften, carefully crush with a potato masher (they will squirt hot tomato lava all over you so be careful).
4. Add spices, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste.
5. Simmer until tomatoes have mellowed and flavors have blended (approx. 10-15min). Add in basil.
Serve over pasta with parmesan and a bit more basil.
See, you're still being healthy!
