For as long as I can remember, we have always made our own pizza sauce. It contains ingredients that we always had on hand, whereas if you forget to buy the pizza sauce at the store, you can improvise.
They say homemade is better and this sauce is sure to not disappoint!
This sauce is packed full of flavor with spices like parsley, oregano and garlic powder. Of course, I like a little sugar in it to add just a bit of sweetness.
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We live out in the country a few miles from town, so I try to always have on hand a lot of staples in my pantry. For example, the following for this recipe and some other great ideas of staples to have on hand:
Essential Pantry Staples:
- Can chicken breast
- Cream of mushroom soup
- Cream of chicken soup
- Cream of celery soup
- Rotel
- Chicken broth
- Beef broth
- Canned black olives
- Green chili enchilada sauce
- Green chilis
- Red enchilada sauce
- Canned beans
- Canned corn
- Tomato sauce
- Diced tomatoes
- Spaghetti noodles
- Elbow noodles
- Various pasta noodles
- Tortilla chips
- Rice
- Oatmeal
- Pasta sauces
- Block cheese like Velveeta or an off brand type
- Flour and corn meal
Refrigerated Essential Items:
- Butter
- Shredded cheeses, blocks of cheeses and sliced cheese
- Milk
- Eggs
- Cream Cheese
- Condiments
- Pickles
- Jalapenos
- Salsa
- Diced garlic
- Pepperonis
- Lunch meats, weiners and sausages
- lettuce, tomatoes and onions
- Corn tortillas
- Flour Tortillas
Freezer Essential Items:
- Hamburger meat
- Chicken breast, legs & thighs
- Breakfast sausage by the lb and breakfast sausage patties
- Bacon
- Extra breads, loaf and buns
- Extra weiners and lunch meat
- Frozen vegetables
- Frozen berries
This pizza sauce has the perfect blend of spices. Plus, it’s a super quick and easy recipe that you can make in just a little bit of time.
Of course, you can easily alter and tweak any of these ingredients to you liking.
Ingredients –
If you are a person that has a cabinet full of spices, more than not, you probably have all the spices in your cabinet already.
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
- Oregano
- Italian Seasoning
- Parsley Flakes
- Celery Seeds
- Sugar
- Salt
- Tomato Sauce
Ok, so my mom never put celery seeds in her sauce, but I tweaked the recipe a little, lol. I also don’t ever remember her putting onion powder in it, but I decided to change it even a little more.
She probably just added Italian seasoning, garlic powder and sugar. Which would still be a great sauce. I’m just trying to say that you can easily adjust the ingredients as to whatever you have on hand.
If you going to make homemade pizza, why not go all out and make the sauce from scratch too.
The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce
In less than 20 minutes, you can easily make your own homemade pizza sauce. Plus, it can also double as a spaghetti sauce.
Ingredients
- 2 (8oz) cans Tomato Sauce
- 2 tsp Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Oregano Leaves
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 tsp Parsley Flakes
- 1 tsp Celery Seed
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, add all ingredients and combine well
- Cover and let simmer over medium - low heat for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally
Notes
Store in an airtight bowl in the refrigerator for up to a week or in the freezer for 3 months.
*Time Saving Tip
This recipe can easily be doubled and you can freeze half to save for later. So the next time you make pizza, all you need to do is pull it out of the freezer.
Store in the refrigerator for up to a week or in the freezer for 3 months.
Be sure to watch for my Easy – Mini Pizza recipe coming later this week! You can find the recipe HERE
