Red sauce...without the garlic? Low Fodmap Simple Basil Marinara Sauce

A few weeks ago I began eating low fodmap and honestly had no idea what it entailed. I wanted to see if it made me feel better and healthier, so I set out to follow the guidelines for 3 weeks. The very first weekend I signed up to make a chicken parm pizza AND a chicken Parmesan over zucchini noodles (recipes to come!)...but when I got to the grocery store with my fodmap guidelines in hand I realized literally all the pasta sauces were off limits. While tomatoes are actually within the fodmap limits both garlic and onions were not.

I decided it couldn't be that hard to make my own sauce and I was determined not to change my entire lifestyle by eating this way. Sundays in our household are pizza nights and I was not about to give that up.

The first trial of this, let me tell you, was quite the fail. But after that round the following were pretty successful.

Simple Basil Marinara Sauce

Total time: 10 minutes Serving size: 6 portions

Ingredients: 3 cans of whole, peeled tomatoes (14 oz) 3 tablespoons of organic tomato paste Fresh Basil 3 teaspoons dried oregano

Salt Pepper

Directions:

1. Spoon the peeled, whole tomatoes from the can into the food processor leaving behind all the excess tomato juice. 2. Add the tablespoon of organ tomato paste. 3. Add 7-10 fresh basil leaves. 4. Add 3 teaspoons of oregano. 5. Salt and paper to taste. 6. Blend to preferred consistency!