Amazing Spaghetti (or Marinara, or Pizza) Sauce

Heres a list of the things to gather...

• 4 Tbs. Olive Oil
• PLUS 1/4 C. Olive Oil (measure the tbs and cup separately, you'll use them at diff times)
• 1 Green Onion, chopped (white and light green parts only)
• 3 Tbs. Red Onion, Diced
• 3 Tbs. Sweet (yellow) Onion, Diced
• 5(ish) Garlic Cloves (med-lg sized)
• 1 Tbs. Fresh Rosemary, Minced
• 1 (28 oz.) can Crushed Tomatoes
• 1 (15 oz.) can Tomato Sauce
• 1 (6 oz.) can Tomato Paste
• 3/4 C. Red Wine (I used Malbec)
• 3 Tbs. Fresh Basil... or more(basil melts my heart... yummm)
• 2 Tbs. Dried Oregano
• 1 Tbs. Sugar
• 2 Tsp. (dried or fresh) Parsley
• 1 Tsp. (dried or fresh) Thyme
• 1 1/2 Tsp. Sea Salt (or Kosher)
• 1/2 Tsp. Black Pepper
• 1/2 Tsp. Red Pepper Flakes
• 1 Bay Leaf (lg size, or 2 small)

Turn stove to Med. heat. Put 4 Tbs. olive oil in 3qt or larger pot. When oil is hot add onions, garlic and rosemary. Sweat about 10 minutes, stirring often. You want it to be soft but not browned. Add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tom paste, red wine and 1/4 cup olive oil. stir well. Add all spices, stirring occasionally. Once the sauce starts to bubble, reduce heat to simmer or low, and cover. Let cook 1-2 hours, stirring occasionally.

(Add meat as desired, although, my personal opinion is that it doesn't need it! Try meatballs to top off spaghetti instead!... "on top of spaghetti, all covered in cheese... i lost my poor meatball, when somebody sneezed"... damn kids never covering their mouths... )

This makes enough sauce for a meal and some left over. Great base flavor for pizza sauce, marinara sauce or anything else along those line. Enjoy!!!

Heres a link for some homemade noodles:
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/05/homemade-pasta/

And some garlic breadsticks:
http://www.simplyscratch.com/2012/02/garlic-herb-breadsticks.html

**** Ill upload pictures later... my phone is syncing all 700+ photos to my comp. right now... it might take some time.

"fresh basil and rosemary" wish i had a garden...

wine, olive oil, tomatoes

garlic

onions

heres where you put the oil in the pot and let it get hot!

then add the onions, garlic and rosemary

and let it sweat, or saute(only you dont want to brown it, so dont QUITE saute it)

mmmm. heres what it looks like after the cans of tomatos, olive oil and red wine.

chopped basil! yum yum yum

all the other spices, although important, dull in comparison to basil. ;)

mix it all up!

turn it low, cover it up and let it simmer!