Best Pizza Sauce

Does this sound familiar? You open a jar of pizza sauce, use half and pop the leftover sauce into the fridge till your next pizza night? You pull that half used jar of sauce out of the fridge only to find a fuzzy blue layer of mold along the edges. Yuck! What an utter waste! What if I told you that you can make your own pizza sauce in under 5 minutes. There’s no cooking required to make it either. It uses common everyday ingredients any reasonably well stocked kitchen will readily have on hand. It costs just a fraction of what a jar of prepared sauce costs, and it tastes better than most of the sauces you get on a pizza from a pizzaria. Have I piqued your interest? Keep reading to find out how easy it is to make, and you’ll never have to throw out moldy, spoiled pizza sauce ever again.

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How To Make The Very Best, Homemade Pizza Sauce:

Place tomato sauce, tomato paste, minced garlic, dried oregano, dried basil, onion powder, and sugar in the bowl of a blender. Yes sugar. It plays an important role in the overall flavor of the sauce. It cuts the acidity of the tomatoes, so don’t leave it out.

Pulse until all the ingredients are well combined and you have a smooth paste. The sauce will be rather thick, not runny.

The large cup container on my Magic Bullet Blender is the perfect size to whip up a batch of this sauce, and makes storing it in the fridge till I’m ready to use it very convenient. No extra dishes to wash, gotta love that! If you don’t happen to have one I can highly recommend it. Not only is it perfect for blending up a batch of this pizza sauce, I use it all summer long to quickly whip up fresh fruit smoothies. It takes just seconds to whip up a perfect healthy sweet treat all summer long. It’s compact size takes up less space in the cupboard and its the perfect size for whipping up salad dressings as well. I’m always hesitant to purchase more kitchen gadgets, but I’m so glad I decided to get this Magic Bullet Blender. I pull this little guy out more than almost any other kitchen gadget in my pantry. It’s a real workhorse in my kitchen.

Once all the ingredients are blended together, cover the sauce and refrigerate until ready to use.

Spread sauce onto pizza crust. I find using the back of a spoon works well. Normally I’m an “easy on the sauce” kinda girl, but this sauce is so good I really like to slather it on!

Add cheese and your favorite pizza toppings.

This sauce is da bomb!

Store leftover sauce:

Spoon any extra sauce in into ice cube trays and freeze.

Once the sauce is frozen, transfer the frozen cubes of sauce into ziplock baggies, press out excess air, seal and store in the freezer for up to 4 months.

A large pizza will use about 5-6 cubes of sauce, depending on how saucy you like it.

You can store all the sauce in one large baggie or divide it up into smaller baggies so that each bag has just enough sauce for one pizza.

Defrost frozen sauce in the microwave or drop the entire ziplock baggie into a sink full of warm water to thaw in just a few minutes.

Instead of baking your pizzas on a baking stone that will crack over time, invest in a cast iron pizza steel instead. I’ve shelled out a small fortune over the years replacing broken baking stones that invariably crack, no matter how careful I am. For about the same price as baking stone, I finally invested in a cast iron pizza steel that will last me a lifetime. It hangs out on the bottom rack of my oven when I’m not using it (which I’ve found also helps regulate the temperature inside the oven) and I use it for baking cookies, garlic breads; just about anything you typically use a baking sheet for.

This pizza sauce is so versatile! Use it to make Michelle’s Marvelously Delectable, Perfect Pizza. Swap out the store bought sauce in the recipe for this homemade version to instantly elevate the flavor of this halfway homemade pizza recipe. Easy can be delicious too!

My girlfriend Cindy makes a killer Crispy Crust Perfect Pizza too! Her technique produces a crisp yet chewy crust using store bought refrigerated pizza dough. Swapping out a jar of store-bought sauce with this home version really ramps up the flavor! If you’re fairly new to making homemade pizza give her technique try. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how good your pizza turns out using a store bought pizza dough!

Round out your pizza night meal by serving this Rich & Creamy Caesar Salad With Crisp, Garlicky Toasted Croutons. It’s easy to make completely from scratch and tastes a thousand times better than anything you can get in a salad kit that you can grab from the produce section at the grocery store.

Or create a pizzeria experience at home by serving up this easy to make Salad Bar Salad Without A Salad Bar with your pizzas. It has all the delicious traditional salad bar options to choose from, the different textures and flavors you can combine to create your very own, perfect salad. Endlessly customizable, and everyone can choose the toppings they love best. Serve with dressing on the side so everyone can choose their favorite.

Once you find out how easy it is to make your own salad dressings, you’ll never shell out a small fortune purchasing the overpriced bottled kind that’s made with unpronounceable chemical additives ever again. This Copycat: Chili’s Creamy Buttermilk Ranch Dressing is one of our absolute favorites! My kids slather it onto just about everything! Perfect for dipping your homemade pizza into as well!!! Chicken nuggets, Air Fryer Tater Tots, Buffalo Chicken Wings, veggies, you name it…everything tastes better when dipped into this easy to make Ranch Dressing!

Do you have any die hard vinaigrette lovers in the house? Not a fan of heavier creamy dressings? This Easy To Make Dijon Vinaigrette will appeal to all the vinaigrette lovers in the house. It’s tangy, yet light and refreshing, and takes just minutes to make. The perfect tart dressing for any greens you’re serving up. Keep this recipe in your arsenal and you’ll always have a fresh, healthy, delicious dressing to serve up with all your salads. Try tossing your grilled veggies in it, like roasted asparagus spears. It’s delicious! Everyone will be eating their greens!!!

I’ve have these Bamboo Wood Salad Tongs for years and I love them! It makes tossing any salad a breeze and I love the simple organic look of them. Whoever came up with this sleek, simple design is an absolute genius!

I would be remiss if I didn’t give a huge shout out to my girlfriend Veronica who shared this pizza sauce recipe with me. Not only is it easy to make, gotta love that. It’s very economical to make as well; that definitely appeals to my frugal side. I love that I can save leftovers in the freezer till our next pizza night rolls around without fear of the sauce spoiling before I want to use it. No waste, speaks to my frugal heart again! Plus, it’s a better tasting sauce than any store bought brand I’ve ever tried. Give this easy to make, delicious pizza sauce a try! Making a good tasting pizza at home is easier than you think when you use good quality ingredients and this sauce will elevate the flavor of any pizza that comes out of your oven. Guaranteed!

Girl’s pizza night! Life is so much more fun when you create good food and good memories together with those you love! I love my foodie tribe of girlfriends! This is why I’ll never be as thin as I want to be. Fun? Good food? Loads of laughter? Good memories? Or thin? It’s their fault I’m forced to wear stretchy pants all the time…LOL!

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