Marinara Sauce in a Snap
 
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This is a super versatile marinara sauce your whole family will love! The Prep and Cook Times shown include roasting the garlic. If you have pre-roasted garlic, The total time is less than 15 minutes.
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Recipe type: Sauce
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
FOR ROASTED GARLIC
  • 1 head of garlic
  • ½ cup vegetable broth
FOR MARINARA SAUCE
  • 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
  • 5 roasted garlic cloves, peeled (you can use store bought roasted cloves)
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
  • ½ teaspoon sugar (vegan)
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper (to taste)
Instructions
FOR ROASTED GARLIC
  1. Preheat oven to 400°F
  2. Trim the top off the head of garlic, exposing the cloves
  3. Loosely wrap in foil and place in a muffin tin cup
  4. Open the foil and pour broth over the garlic head
  5. Close foil back up
  6. Roast in oven for 35-45 minutes
  7. Allow to cool before peeling cloves
FOR MARINARA SAUCE
  1. Pour tomato sauce in large sauce pan and stir in all remaining ingredients
  2. Use immersion blender to fully blend in roasted garlic cloves
  3. Bring sauce to a simmer over low heat
  4. Cover and allow to simmer for 10 minutes
  5. Enjoy over pasta, brown rice, quinoa, broccoli, the possibilities are endless!
Recipe by Sugar Snap Sail at http://sugarsnapsail.com/marinara-sauce-in-a-snap/