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Hidden Veggie Red Sauce
20 min
Prep Time40 min
Cook Time60 min
Total TimeThis delicious red sauce has 7 different vegetables hidden in it! Perfect for fussy eaters and a great way to sneak more vegetables into your meals. Other than using it as a pasta sauce, you can also use it to dress meat or fish or as a soup base!
Ingredients (8 servings)
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1 onion
4 cloves garlic
800g canned tomatoes
2 stalks celery
1 carrot
1 red bell pepper
1 leek
1 zucchini
240ml vegetable stock
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp Italian herbs
1 tbsp olive oil
-Salt, to taste
-Pepper, to taste
- Mince garlic. Dice onion, celery, carrot, bell pepper, leek and zucchini.
- In a large nonstick saucepan or soup pot, heat up olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, celery, carrot and garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes.
- Add bell pepper, leek and zucchini and sauté for another 10 minutes.
- Stir in tomato paste and sauté for 2 minutes.
- Add Italian herbs and vegetable stock or water. Stir to combine. Cover and let simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
- Let cool slightly then transfer everything to a blender and blend until smooth. Alternatively, you may use an immersion blender.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve immediately with pasta or use it to dress protein of choice.
- Let cool completely before storing in airtight containers in the fridge or freezer.
Notes
- Sauce will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Other than using this sauce as a pasta sauce, you can also use it to dress meat or fish or as a soup base!
- Using vegetable stock will give the sauce more flavor. However, you may also just use water and season with additional salt and pepper.
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