Basic Tomato Sauce
Did you know that cooked tomatoes are higher in lycopene than raw tomatoes? Lycopene is an antioxidant known to help prevent prostate cancer. However, canned tomato soups and tomato sauces often have lots of added salt, sugar and preservatives. This recipe, adapted from Eating Well magazine, is so easy, you'll wonder why you ever bought pre-made sauce in the first place. Swap in your favourite herbs and spices, like basil or chili pepper flakes to your taste. Use this on pasta or pizza (like the pita pizza in this photo), or thin it out with water or broth for a tomato soup!