Quick Homemade Tomato Sauce

• 2 tablespoons olive oil (canola is OK)
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced (or more, to your taste)
• 28 ounces chopped tomatoes, petite cut (canned)
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons sugar (or less, to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons mixed Italian herbs, dried (or fresh chopped basil, I use Penzey's pasta sprinkle)

1. Heat olive oil over medium heat. Add chopped onions; you could also use shallots if you had them. Cook until soft, a few minutes. Add garlic and saute for about a minute.
2. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, salt and pepper. Bring to boil, then reduce heat to the point where the sauce still simmers. Add dried herbs. Simmer for 15-20 minutes. (While it's simmering, you can smash the sauce up a bit with a ricer or pastry blender, to break up some of the tomatoes--depends on how chunky you like your sauce.) If using fresh basil, add now.

olive oil, onion, garlic, tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, black pepper, kosher salt, mixed italian herbs

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/quick-homemade-tomato-sauce-500387 (may not work)