The morning before we go grocery shopping…while I sip my coffee and my kids finish their breakfast…I like to ask them what they want for dinner the next week. Without fail their first answer is always, “pizza!” We love making pizza because it’s crazy easy, super fun, way healthier than delivery and easy on the wallet (ca$h money). Today I am sharing our go-to homemade pizza sauce recipe. This literally takes five minutes to whip up and will make the best pizza you’ve ever had. ever.
We’re from Chicago (born and raised)…so we’ve experienced some of the best pizza in the world. I remember, one evening after dining at a famous pizza restaurant, we got in the car and I asked my husband how he liked it. (Yes, I’m that wife who analyzes the entire meal the second we get into the car after dining out). It turned out he was less than impressed. WHAT?! Seriously I thought my pizza-loving-husband had gone crazy!
His problem was with the sauce! “There was only a thin layer and it tasted just like tomatoes” was his personal opinion. He likes his pizza saucy and flavorful and that particular pie just didn’t cut it. Moral of the story: there’s no weak sauce allowed in our household.
This recipe makes enough sauce to very generously cover one large pizza. If you are a normal human and enjoy a normal amount of sauce…I suggest saving a little to dip your extra crust in!
To make this pizza sauce you literally crack open two cans, add some seasonings, stir and you’re set to go. You can easily make it ahead of time and store in the refrigerator until you’re ready to use it! Check out those wavy ripples of saucy goodness.
I wanted to share this recipe with you because my son’s birthday is this week and he (like everyone else in my family) requested pizza for his special dinner. He also requested a Superman dinosaur cake with Olaf, Darth Vader and Yoda…so we’ll see how that one turns out! 😉
I love that sweet boy SO much I can’t even tell you. Later in the week I’m going to share some thoughts on raising sons, but until then I just have to say that I am dying thinking about him turning 3. He is getting so big and independent. He was my baby who needed mommy…I literally cuddled him to sleep every.single.night until my daughter was born. Now he’s Gabe the Jedi, cowboy, superhero…fighting bad guys and taking names.
Ingredients
- 1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
- 1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
- 1-2 TBS oregano (to taste)
- 2 TBS Italian seasoning
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ TBS garlic salt
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tsp sugar (coconut sugar for paleo or omit)
Instructions
- Mix tomato paste and sauce together in a medium size bowl until well combined (all the lumps of paste are incorporated into the sauce).
- Add the rest of the ingredients (oregano, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, garlic salt, pepper and sugar) and mix well!
- Use in your favorite pizza recipe!
If you have a son, what’s your favorite part about raising a little boy? What are you favorite pizza toppings!?
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YES – love homemade pizza. I would definitely have to say sugar is a must for any good pizza sauce. Not much is needed, just enough to cut the acidity of the tomatoes. This looks like such a good sauce. 🙂
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Jenn I totally agree! Just a touch of sugar really helps amp up the flavor! 🙂 We live on homemade pizza over here too!
I can’t believe I have never made pizza sauce!! Time to change that, thanks for the recipe 🙂
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I always end up doctoring up store-bought sauces anyway! Might as well just make my own! 😉 You definitely need to give it a whirl! 🙂
This looks awesome! My mom used to make homemade pizza every Sunday and it was one of my favorite dinners/traditions. My fiancé and I love pizza, and I’m hoping to make the switch to homemade instead of delivery with him too! I’ll have to use this when I finally convince him 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
Hey Kara!! That is such a fun tradition! We love doing pizza and move nights on Sundays too! 🙂 Oh man I’m sure once he gets a taste of homemade he’ll never turn back!!! 🙂
Homemade pizza sauce is by far the best! This one looks absolutely amazing!
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Thanks so much Kim! Homemade is always better! Except for Oreos……. 😉
LOOKS DELICIOUS! And I love how easy it is!
Thank you so much! YES! Easy is KEY! 🙂
I’ll try this! Every Friday is pizza night at our house.
Yay for Friday Pizza Nights!!! 🙂
I am so excited you shared this recipe at Inspiration Thursday tonight! I have been looking for a good pizza sauce and I think this one may be a winner. It sounds great! I can’t wait to try it. My son is a pizza eating machine so we have it once a week. Haha!
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Is there a kid on the planet that won’t eat pizza for dinner every night?! 🙂 I hope your little dude loves it! 🙂 Thank you!
This looks great! I will be using this recipe because I never have pizza sauce when the kids want to make pizzas.
Isn’t that the way it always goes?! You have the ingredients to make 100 recipes, but not THE one everyone has a hankering for that day! 🙂 I hope you guys enjoy it!
Boys are so much fun, and so exhausting! My daughter and son are night and day, but I would not change him one bit. Homemade pizza sauce is genius! I am sure you save a bunch of money making it on your own. Thanks so much!
I couldn’t agree more! My girls are so different than my boy! I couldn’t imagine it any other way! 🙂
I love how simple this recipe instructions are! I can definitely handle it! I’ve pinned this to try out later. I’ve been wanting to start making my own sauces. This is a great place to start! Thank you!
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Thank you Gina! Simplicity is key! When the craving for pizza strikes there’s no time to waste! 🙂
Looks tasty! And I do love the ease of this sauce! Thanks for sharing on Fiesta Friday 🙂
Thank you Linda! Easy is key!! )
We love homemade pizza too but we actually like our sauce with just tomatoes and fresh garlic, maybe a bit of seasoning. I have 3 boys and I love raising boys. My youngest is 6 and he is so sweet.
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Angela I am definitely with you! I like my sauce to taste fresh and tomato-y! 🙂 But my love for my husband trumps my sauce preferences in this case! LOL! 😉 Awww! I’m going to miss having babies so much! But every age is such a blessing! My oldest is 5! 😉 I’ll bet you guys can go on amazingly fun adventures without having to worry about potty-related incidents…THAT will be dreamy!
This looks delicious! Next time I make my GF Pizza, I am going to make this to go on it! Thanks for sharing at the Sunday Fitness & Food Link-Up!!
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OooOOoo GF pizza sounds delish! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
I just made this tonight using fresh herbs from my garden. Needless to say, it was delicious!
Donna I am SO glad you liked it! I can’t wait for my garden to kick it into high gear so I can use fresh herbs…that sounds absolutely delicious! 🙂
Delicious, I’ll try it tonight!!!!!!
Woo hoo! Hope you love it! I make this on a weekly basis! 😉
This was better than store-bought sauce!!! Pizza is a favorite in my household, especially homemade pizza. I’ll be going to this recipe often!
Is 2 TBS of oregano correct? It was way too strong for me!
I can see the chopped garlic in the jar of sauce but you didn’t mention it in the recipe. You can never have enough fresh garlic in the sauce if you ask me.
Hey Bob! I actually only use garlic powder not fresh garlic…but fresh garlic can absolutely be subbed in for the powdered if you prefer it!
Your recipe calls for an 8 oz can of tomato paste. I have only seen it in 6 or 12 oz size. Your link takes me to cans of 6 oz. Do you use 6 or 8 oz of paste? Just need clarification on the amount. Thank you.
Hey Carole! It’s 6 oz! I will update that!!! Thank you for calling this to my attention!
I made this sauce for a family pizza night (I’m a Celiac so we do individual pizzas which are separately baked- mine is on GF crust and baked in my toaster oven while everyone else uses regular crust/oven). This sauce was a hit. =) I’m sure we’ll be making another batch soon. Thank you for the recipe!