I came across Pomi Chopped Tomatoes in the supermarket.  Unlike the usual chopped tomatoes that come in tin cans, the Pomi Tomatoes come in a paper carton.  Here’s a picture of Pomi Tomatoes package:

I just had to try out Pomi Tomatoes.  I’m glad I did!  Pomi Tomatoes have a cleaner, fresher and more natural tomato flavor than the usual canned chopped tomatoes.  Pomi Chopped Tomatoes made an outstanding tomato sauce, and I’m going to share this extremely easy tomato sauce recipe right here.

Ingredients For Tomato Sauce Recipe:

1 carton (26 oz) Pomi Chopped Tomatoes
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp dried basil
6 tbsp olive oil
Salt to taste

How To Make Tomato Sauce With Pomi Chopped Tomatoes:

Heat the oil in a sauce pan over medium-high heat.  Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.  Add Pomi Chopped Tomatoes, sprinkle with dried basil and stir.  Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

Tomato sauce on the stove

very yummy tomato sauce up close :)

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It’s very easy to cut a cantaloupe into chunks.  Don’t waste money on pre-cut cantaloupe in plastic fruit trays or fruit cups – not only they are expensive, but also not as fresh, as they’ve been sitting on the store shelves for a while. When you cut a cantaloupe yourself, you will enjoy tasty cantaloupe pieces – lots of cantaloupe chunks!

Cut a cantaloupe in half

Scoop out the seeds from a cantalope with a spoon

Here's the cantaloupe half without the seeds!

Cut each cantaulope half into slices lengthwise

Cut off the peel from the cantaloupe slices

Here's the cantaloupe slice without the peel!

Cut each peeled cantaloupe slice into chunks

Bowl of cantaloupe chunks

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Ingredients For Homemade Basil Pesto:

2 cups of packed basil leaves (usually 2 bunches of basil)
1/2 cup of extra-virgin olive oil
1/3 cup of pine nuts (pignolis)
1 cup of grated parmesan cheese
3 garlic cloves

Directions How To Make Basil Pesto:

Put all pesto ingredients in a food processor.   Pulse until the pesto reaches the consistency you like.

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Ingredients For Homemade Chunky BBQ Sauce Recipe:

2 onions, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp chili powder
1 cup ketchup
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp oil

Directions On How To Make Chunky BBQ Sauce At Home:

Heat the oil in a non-stick saucepan over medium-high heat.  Add onions and chili powder, and cook, stirring periodically, for 5 minutes.

In a bowl, combine ketchup, vinegar, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and garlic.  Add this mixture to the frying pan and stir.  Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer chunky BBQ sauce for 10 minutes.

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Ingredients:

2 lbs fresh tomatoes (or 28 oz can whole tomatoes with juice)
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp dried basil (you can also use oregano instead) or 1 bunch fresh
2 tbsp oil
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

If using fresh tomatoes, peel them.

Chop the tomatoes.

Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.  Add the onions and cook, stirring periodically, for 5 minutes.

Add the chopped tomatoes and their juice.  Stir, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.

Add garlic and basil.  Stir, cover and simmer for 5 more minutes.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

If the sauce is too chunky, you can process it in the food processor.

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Tags: tomato sauce, tomatoes