Basic Tomato Sauce with Spinach and Corn Pasta

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Basic Tomato Sauce with Spinach and Corn Pasta:
Yields 4
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Ingredients
  1. 12 fresh tomatoes (~3 pounds)
  2. 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  3. 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  4. 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
  5. 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  6. Pinch crushed red pepper
  7. salt, pepper
  8. ¼ cup freshly chopped parsley and basil
  9. 1 package of fresh spinach
  10. Fresh parmesan cheese (optional)
  11. Corn pasta
Instructions
  1. Peel tomatoes by scoring the skin of each tomato with a sharp knife (do not cut too
  2. deep). Then, place scored tomatoes into a pot of boiling water and boil for
  3. approximately 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Remove tomatoes and plunge into cold water.
  4. Peel and dice tomatoes and set aside. Save boiling water for cooking pasta.
  5. Heat olive oil in a saucepan. When hot, add chopped onion and sauté ~5 minutes.
  6. Add garlic and crushed red pepper to pan, (add garlic on top of onion to prevent the
  7. garlic from burning). Saute until garlic turns slightly golden.
  8. Add chopped tomatoes and cook approximately 30 minutes. Add salt to taste. Add
  9. chopped parsley and extra virgin olive oil if desired, just before using.
  10. Wash and remove spinach stems. Place in a large pot, fill with 1/8th of pot with
  11. water. Allow spinach to cook, pressing the spinach down as it wilts. Cover and cook
  12. for ~3 minutes, then drain water.
  13. Cook the pasta according to package directions. In the last 5 minutes of cooking
  14. pasta, add spinach to your tomato sauce.
Notes
  1. Add in shredded carrots, zucchini and diced celery to add in additional nourishment
  2. from vegetables.
  3. Try a different cooked green leafy vegetable such as swiss chard or kale.
  4. Try different kinds of pastas
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