Quick Pizza Sauce
 What's better than a slice of good old-fashioned pizza? How about a pizza cooked at home with absolutely no dairy! Lots of pizza places are catching on to the no-cheese pizza idea, but to make a truly tasty pizza it takes a really fabulous sauce. Granular red bell pepper flakes give the sauce a naturally sweet flavor. They are sold in the spice sections of health food stores or gourmet supermarkets. I like the Spice Garden brand because it is nonirradiated. As a substitute, you can use 2 teaspoons of finely-diced sweet bell peppers and sauté them with garlic at the beginning of the recipe.

Use this sauce to produce a piping-hot delicious pizza the whole family will love in 30 minutes or less. Take that pizza place off your speed dial for good! Makes 1 Cup, Enough For Four 8-Inch Pizzas.


Ingredients:
2 teaspoons olive oil
One 14 1/2-ounce can whole plum tomatoes, drained and lightly crushed
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 cup minced onions
5 basil leaves, julienned
1 teaspoon sweet red bell pepper granules, nonirradiated
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
Sea salt
2 teaspoons tomato paste


Instructions:
1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat the olive oil. Add the garlic and onions and cook, stirring, until the onions are translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the basil, pepper flakes, oregano and tomato paste, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and bell peppers granules, and simmer for 5 minutes. Season with salt.
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