Too Many Cherry Tomatoes Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 medium eggplant, peeled and chopped (optional)
• 1 large sweet pepper, chopped (optional)
• 1 cup mushroom, sliced (optional)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 -3 quarts cherry tomatoes (whole)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 10 -15 fresh basil leaves, chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot, saute onion and optional vegetables until soft and slightly browned. add other veggies here is you want them (for example, a zucchini). if anything starts to burn, add a little water. these veggies should be fully cooked.
• 2 add garlic and saute for 30 seconds.
• 3 dump all those cherry tomatoes in there and stir until they soften. most will pop and deflate.
• 4 add the salt and basil and remove from the heat.
• 5 at this point, i use my stick blender to blend everything up right in the pan. i then put everything thru my food mill with the fine grate. this is because my family cannot get past the seeds. :).
• 6 serve with your favorite pasta.