Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

I must be in a roasted vegetable kind of mood lately, because this recipe came to me shortly after making the Spiced Cauliflower Poppers.  I wanted to come up with a spaghetti sauce that was healthier than the jarred varieties, and I created a sauce that was pretty tasty.  I had meant to write a post about it, but never got around to it.  I'm glad I didn't though, because I made the sauce again over Easter and tweaked the recipe, making it even better.  I present to you my Roasted Red Pepper Sauce.

 

 

Ingredients:

1 medium sized red onion

2 medium sized red peppers

cooking spray

2/3 cup canned diced tomatoes with juice

1 tablespoon crushed garlic

1 tablespoon Italian seasoning (I used Club House Italiano)

1 tablespoon salsa seasoning (I used MPK Mucho Foods Salsa Mix)

 

Steps:

1 - Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

2 - Cut peppers and onions into large pieces.  They'll get pureed later, so it doesn't really matter the size, just chunky bits.

3 - Put the peppers and onion into a bowl, and spray lightly with cooking spray. Toss, then spray again.

5 - Put the peppers and onion on a parchment paper lined baking sheet, and pop in the oven.

6 - Bake for a total of half an hour, taking them out of the oven after fifteen minutes to rotate them, so each side gets a little caramelized.

7 - Once the peppers and onion are baked, place in a food processor to puree to a chunky salsa consistency.  Add the canned tomatoes with juice and puree again, this time creating a nice sauce texture. 

8 - Next add the garlic, Italian and salsa seasonings to your sauce, and puree once again to mix thoroughly.

9 - If the sauce has cooled down, heat it up in a pot over the stove.  Serve and enjoy.

 

This recipe makes enough to share between two people.  The first time I made the sauce, I ate it with spaghetti squash and added it to pre-packaged ravioli.  When I made it again over Easter, I put it over spaghettini and enjoyed turkey spinach meatballs with it.  Once I have the meatballs perfected, I'll share that recipe too!

Let me know what you think of the sauce.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!