Making Marinara Sauce

Serve marinara sauce over spaghetti noodles.

TIPical Mary Ellen host Mary Ellen Pinkham shares her favorite recipe for marinara sauce, then shows five different meals that go well with it.

Ingredients:

3 Tbs. olive oil
2 Tbs. garlic
two 16-oz. cans plum tomatoes
1/4 cup basil

Preparation:

Let simmer for an hour.

Meal Ideas

• Serve as a spaghetti sauce (as in photo above).

• You can also use it for pizza the following night. Just add to English muffins and you're done.

• Another use for this sauce is to pour it on top of sautéed eggplant. Throw a little Parmesan on top and you have eggplant Parmesan.

• Add in some frozen meatballs, warm, and place on a warm bun for a meatball sub.

• Add a few strips of bacon to a chicken breast, drizzle the sauce on top, along with mozzarella cheese, and bake at 375 for an hour.

Also in this Episode

TIPical Mary Ellen : Episode TIP-813
•	Lighting a Dinner Table
•	Making Marinara Sauce
•	Creating a Starter Kitchen
•	Tip of the Day