Easy pasta sauce.

[Buzz cook]

28 oz can of tomatoes. Quality maters so the better the tomato the better the sauce. But San Marzano tomatoes are pretty pricey and honestly what's on sale diced or crushed should be fine.
Crush the tomatoes with your hands or in a food mill. Using a blender crushes the seeds and gives a bitter flavor. Honestly though use a blender it's not that bitter.

Add a bit of olive oil (again quality matters), a couple of grinds of black pepper, some fresh basil, and blend it up.

Of course being American we're going to add garlic, salt, and a bunch of other spices. But don't, at least not the first time.
However if you want a thicker sauce a little tomato paste isn't going to hurt.

I haven't bought a jar of store pasta sauce for a couple years now.

[FarPoint]

1. This is my style and I do use the San Marzano/ Cento tomatoes.

Ohhhhh so good this is....

[pansypoo53219]

2. i do what my granbdma did.can of tomato paste, 2 cans of tomatoes. onion. spices. but then i had the best chicken dish

on a plane leaving sweden. took years to figure it out. 1/2 can of tom paste. 1 bell pepper. but i pimped it w/ onions + cherry tomatoes. prefer boillon or butter to olive oil.

[Kali]

3. I never buy sauce

so many easy ways to do it with just tomatoes. try using butter and cream with a little pancetta or regular bacon to some smashed up canned tomatoes. then stir in some parm. don't skimp on the parmesan. OMG

[Buzz cook]

4. Butter is Marcella Hazan territory

Tomato, onion, butter and salt.
I did it once and liked it. Sadly the family didn't.
It's like when I tried to make the most authentic carbonara that I could and they asked where the peas were.

[Lincolnite]

5. To make a good meat sauce

Add 1.5lb ground steak (add garlic cloves to the grinder) and 24 oz fresh beef broth, simmer until desired moisture content.

[Buzz cook]

6. When I do a meat sauce.

I start with carrot, celery, and onion in olive oil. Then add the meat and after the meat is browned add the sauce.