Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce

Enjoy slow cooker tomato sauce at home without putting in any effort and time. This easy recipe requires you to do practically nothing and tastes just like heaven.

All you have to do is stuff everything into a crock pot and leave it for a few hours. All the work will be done on its own without any labor on your end.

No peeling, no seeding, and no stirring, slow cooker tomato sauce are really just that easy!

Health Benefits

• Tomato sauce reduces the risk of prostate cancer by 20 percent.
• Tomato sauce is rich in lycopene which is highly beneficial in reducing the risk of cancer and boost male fertility.
• It is effective in diminishing cholesterol. The level of cholesterol is reportedly decreased by six percent in people who intake tomato sauce in their daily meals.
• Rich in vitamin C and A, tomato sauce aids in making a healthy immune system and improves vision.

Tomatoes have a wondrous impact on skin and serve as a natural sunscreen. They keep the ultraviolet rays from penetrating the skin.

Ingredients

pounds of tomatoes: 4

cloves of garlic: 2

Large onion (chopped): 1/2

teaspoon of oregano, dried: 1/2

teaspoon of basil: 1/2

teaspoons of sugar: 1 1/2

teaspoon of salt: 1/2

teaspoon of pepper: 1/2

How To Make Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce

1. In a large crock pot, combine all the ingredients.
2. Cover the crock pot and turn on the flame on low heat.
3. Let the mixture cook for good seven to eight hours. Stir occasionally.
4. Once you see that the tomatoes have broken down, uncover the pot and continue to cook until you have achieved the desired consistency.
5. The time for cooking is dependent upon how much water is there in the tomatoes. The more the water, the longer it will take.
6. If you want to make a chunkier tomato sauce, pick the tomato skins and cores out of the sauce as it cooks.
7. If you want a smoother sauce, you can have the sauce run into a food processor.
8. Add a tablespoon of lemon juice to give an acidic taste to your sauce.
9. Pour the tomato sauce into a jar and it can be used for as long as a year if preserved in the freezer.

Trivia

• Tomatoes were once deemed as poisonous. In 1820, the consumption of tomato was banned lawfully.
• On September 26, 1830, the statement of tomatoes being poisonous was declared myth and the ban was rose.
• In 1842, tomatoes were declared as the latest craze.
• Scientifically, tomatoes are called Lycopersicon (singular: Lycopersicum) which means “wolf peach.”

The origination of word tomato is from “xitomati” which means “plump thing with a navel.”