Favorite Tomato Sauce

Sometimes, my favorite dishes are the easiest to make and consist of a few simple ingredients.

I love Summer. There's an abundance of fruits and vegetables - especially stone fruits like peaches, nectarines and the like and heirloom tomatoes.

I first discovered heirloom tomatoes at my local farmer's market, and today, there was an abundance of heirloom tomatoes at my favorite stand, the Happy Boy Farm. It was like tomato porn. The tomatoes looked amazing and I couldn't wait to get them into my kitchen and start making my favorite tomato sauce.

I picked up about 3 lbs. of tomatoes (I try to use the brandywine tomatoes), a bunch of organic basil and some small purple garlic.

Ingredients for Tomato Sauce:

3 lbs. heirloom tomatoes
1 bunch organic basil
4-6 cloves garlic
1-2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt (or salt to taste)

First, I put the olive oil in a pan and saute the garlic for 1-2 minutes. Next, I add in the tomatoes and then let the tomatoes simmer (medium heat) for about 30-45 minutes. I add in the basil and salt and then let the sauce simmer some more.

That's it. So simple and so good.