It was one of the lazy cooking day , i have been slacking with cooking for a while . We’ve got too much leftovers from cooking the previous days . We finally finished the leftovers from 2-3 days ago of cooking . So it was about time to cook again .. i was going to make shish kebab but changed my mind , and ended up with seafood pasta .<\/p>\n
I make my own sauce for the seafood pasta , ever since i learned how to cook and found out how easy it is to make your own pasta sauce , i never use store bought pasta sauce any more , it saves me some money , and home made pasta sauce tastes a whole lot better than jar \/ store bought pasta . Store bought pasta sauce doesn’t have a great taste to begin with anyway , and knowing how easy to make your own .. so why not making them yourself .<\/p>\n
This time i only used simple tomato sauce , seafood adds so much flavour in food , and normally i would use roasted garlic pasta sauce , but not this time , simple tomato sauce would taste so much better . I was right !! The sauce was so easy to make , as long as you have garlic and plum tomatoes , and few italian herbs on hand i think u’ll set to go . So here we go ..<\/p>\n
For the simple tomato sauce :<\/p>\n
2 (28 oz ) of whole peeled plum tomatoes<\/p>\n
6 cloves of garlic , minced<\/p>\n
i don’t measure for the herbs , probably just about 1-2 tsp. each of dried oregano and dried basil ( i would use fresh ones , except it’s not even spring yet over here .. use fresh if you have them , it tastes so much better ! )<\/p>\n
salt and pepper<\/p>\n
1 tbsp. red pepper flakes if u like it spicy , i do<\/p>\n
2 tsp. balsamic vinegar<\/p>\n
In a pot , heat olive oil , add garlic , and the herbs , cook for a minute or so , add all of the tomatoes with the juice . Salt , pepper and add sugar if u need to , they tend to be too sour for me , i like to add a lil sugar to tone down the acidity . Bring to boil , and then cook on low for 30 minutes , stir occasionally . By the time it’s finished cooking , add balsamic vinegar and taste it , you can add whatever you think it needs ( salt or sugar .. ) I use my immersion blender to puree the chunk tomatoes in there , or just use potato masher if u like the tomatoes to be chunky .<\/p>\n
After that , add about 2 cups of mixed frozen seafood in the sauce , bring to boil then simmer for 15 minutes . Cook pasta according to direction . Once pasta is done , mix with the sauce , do not flooded the pasta with the sauce ! Sprinkle with freshly grated parmesan cheese and chopped parsley if u have them on hand .\u00a0 Yummy !!<\/p>\n Or you can also brown some lean ground beef and you can have a pasta bolognese .<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/pasta-sauce-making.jpg\" "\\"pasta")
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