Yummy Spaghetti Sauce

One of the ways, we try to stay healthy, is by eating unprocessed foods, so I wanted to make my own spaghetti sauce. I wasn't worried about having a specific recipe, as I just wanted to freeze it, not can it.   I got a 25 lb. box of roma tomatoes from Bountiful Baskets - love their stuff!  You can check bountifulbaskets.org to see if they are in your area. I also got the fresh herbs to go with it. It turned out pretty great.

I haven't done this before, so it was a fun experiment too. I just quartered the tomatoes and cut the flower part off. I boiled them in a little bit of water. After they were soft, I gave them a whirl in my vitamix - none of my kids like too many lumps in their sauce. Next time, I think I'll put them in the vitamix first and then heat them up.

After the tomatoes had simmered 45 min. or so, I sautéed an onion with some garlic, and chopped up some fresh, basil, oregano, and rosemary. I then let it simmer for about 2 1/2 hours, to cook some of the water off.

After it was all done, and ready to be packed, I actually added a few drops of doTerra's basil, rosemary and oregano. Watch out for the oregano. While I did several drops each of the basil and rosemary, I did as small of a drop as I could of the oregano. It's very strong. Don't get it on your hands! My kids loved it and gobbled it up. We froze the rest for us to enjoy later.