Step Up Your Pasta Game With This Homemade Marinara Sauce

As college students, we often default to pasta and store-bought, canned marinara sauces for an easy meal in. However, after several meals of the same fare, even the traditional flavors start to taste the same. Spoon has a solution for you. Make this easy marinara sauce and store it in the fridge for a lazy, rainy day.

Homemade Marinara Sauce

• Prep Time:10 minutes
• Cook Time:30 minutes
• Total Time:40 minutes
• Servings:8-10
• Easy

Ingredients

• 3 cup tomatoes, chopped
• 4 mushrooms, sliced
• 1 onion, sliced
• 6-8 fresh basil leaves
• 8 garlic cloves, chopped
• Salt
• Pepper

• Step 1

  Chop the tomatoes and garlic. Slice the mushrooms and onion. You can also dice the onions if you prefer them to be more “invisible.”

  

• Step 2

  Add oil to the pan. Sauté onions with a pinch of salt and pepper.

  

• Step 3

  Once the onions start to brown, add garlic and continue cooking for another minute.

  

• Step 4

  Add tomatoes and about one teaspoon each of salt and ground pepper.

  

• Step 5

  Cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes. Be sure to continue stirring every few minutes so nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan.

  Spoon tip: If the sauce looks too watery, add a pinch of flour or corn starch to thicken.

  

• Step 6

  Add mushrooms and cook for another 5 minutes. Season with another pinch of salt.

  Spoon tip: Taste the sauce to see if it’s seasoned the way you like. If not, add more salt and pepper.

  

• Step 7

  Add several leaves of fresh basil. Cook for another minute or two.

  

• Step 8

  Store the sauce in a mason jar or serve with pasta.