Easy Seasoned Tomato sauce

Tomato sauce, originally uploaded by Lakenvelder.

This is an easy and cheap sauce to make. You can have all of the ingredients on had to make for pasta. In the picture above I used it to cook some filled pasta in the oven. Really the sauce can be used in many dishes. You can add more to this sauce such as mushroom, peppers,and celery .

2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons dry onion
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
12 oz can tomato paste
2 cans filled with water
1 teaspoon basil
1/4 teaspon opregano
1 tablspoon sugar
1 teasponn salt

Heat the oil in a saucepan. Add the dried oinion and garlic. Stir for around 30 seconds and add tomato paste. Add the water . Stir until smooth and thick. Add the seasoning. Cover and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.