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It's so easy to make homemade pasta sauce. This recipe is loaded with veggies and tastes amazing. The perfect excuse to add in some veggies!

Homemade Veggie Pasta Sauce

It's so easy to make homemade pasta sauce. This recipe is loaded with veggies and tastes amazing. The perfect excuse to eat veggies!

Course Dinner
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  • 4 cups cubed butternut squash
  • 4 cups loosely-packed chopped chard or spinach or kale
  • 1 tbsp. high quality extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 3-4 cloves garlic peeled and smashed
  • 8 oz. baby portobello or white mushrooms sliced
  • 28 oz. container chopped crushed or strained tomatoes
  • 2 tsp. dried oregano
  • 2 tbsp. fresh basil
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. In a large stock pot or dutch oven, steam butternut squash and chard in an inch or two of water, until squash is fork tender. Add squash and chard to a blender or food processor, and process until smooth (you may need to add a little bit of water to help it along).
  2. In the same pot that was used for steaming, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, and cook until translucent. At this point, add the pureed vegetables back in, as well as the mushrooms, tomatoes, and dried oregano.
  3. Allow to simmer for 20-30 minutes. Add salt and pepper, to taste, then chop fresh basil and stir in.
  4. Serve with your favorite noodles, zucchini noodles, meatballs, or anywhere else that you'd use a classic marinara sauce.
  5. This sauce freezes beautifully, so feel free to make a larger batch to store for later. Once cooled, pour about 2 cups in a quart size freezer bag, and store flat in the freezer until frozen.