Best Dang Darned Tomato Sauce!

Ingredients

• One large pot
• Olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 large sweet onion, diced
• 1 zucchini, diced
• 1 eggplant, diced
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 1tbsp dried basil
• one basil leaf
• 1 12oz can tomato paste
• 6-7 roma tomatoes, seeded, skinned and chopped
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup red wine, like pinot noir or cabernet
• 1/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• pinch red pepper flakes
• Sea salt
• sugar or stevia

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil on medium high. Add the garlic, onions, and sweet peppers until fragrant and softened, about 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
2. Add the zucchini and eggplant and cook for an additional minute or two.
3. Add the tomatoes, paste, wine, water, and balsamic vinegar and get the liquids and bring them to a simmer.
4. Add the oregano, basil and bay leaf and stir. Cook for about 10 minutes, and then taste your sauce. Add salt, red pepper flakes and a little sugar or stevia to your taste.
5. Cook all ingredients for additional 20 minutes or so on a steady, low simmer. You can either eat immediately or let the sauce sit for a day in the refrigerator so that the ingredients have a chance to meld together. I like to add fully cooked sweet Italian sausage for a complete meal, if I'm not using my spiralized zucchini.
6. Enjoy!