Homemade Crock Pot Pizza Sauce
| Well, I know y’all love pizza. No, I don’t have ESP……every time I ask on Facebook on Friday what y’all are eating, about 80% of you say pizza. Is Friday National Pizza Day and someone forgot to tell me? Anyway, we love pizza too……but I checked out the label on the pizza sauce at the store – and then I put it back on the shelf. I’ll spare you what’s in it. It’s not pretty. So, I decided to make some myself to put in the freezer to have whenever we wanted pizza…..and it was EASY! I thought to myself: “Self, why not do this in the crock pot?” So, self did it in the crock pot. |
 I bought some organic tomato paste just for this very occasion. Then I realized I needed tomato sauce too. Oops. I’ll go organic with that next time. Because as we all know, pizza should be taken very seriously. You’ll need tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, olive oil, honey, grated parmesan, salt, and pepper. Everything is better with salt. It’s true. |
 In your crock pot mix together everything except the parmesan cheese…..it’s our last step. I used a whisk of course. I’m pretty attached to it. It should just stay out on the counter since I use it so much. It needs its own spot at the table. |
 Cover and cook on low for about 4 hours. It’s going to really let the flavors mingle. I just like saying “let the flavors mingle.” It makes me feel so Food Networkish. |
 Every thirty minutes you’re going to want to stir it…..or it will stick. Or so I hear from OTHER PEOPLE. I have this fear of food sticking to my pans. Maybe because it happens so often. You really don’t have to stir it every 30 minutes….you could stir it ever 45 or every hour….just stir it. Or else there will be stickage. FYI – stickage is not a work. Spell check says so. |
 When your four hours are over, turn off the crock and add the cheese. Cheese just makes everything better. Amen. |
 Look how beautiful! And it’s soooooooooooooooo good! Let the sauce cool until it’s room temp. Never put hot food in your fridge OR freezer. It causes upset in there….and that’s a no-no. I let mine sit out for about 1 hour. I transferred it to another bowl to help it cool down. |
 When it was cooled down, I packaged it into smaller bags. I put a scant cup in each bag and ended up with 5 bags. That’s enough to do about 5 pizzas…..more if you like less sauce (I’m a less sauce kind of girl). I put all these bags down into a bread bag for storing in the freezer. Now you have pizza sauce when you’re ready to make pizza.Crock on! |
| This post is linked at What’s On Your Plate on Good Cheap Eats, at Simple Lives Thursday on GNOWFGLINS, at Fat Tuesday on Real Food Forager, at Melt In Your Mouth Monday on Make Ahead Meals For Busy Moms, and at Whole Health Weekend on Natural Family Awareness. |
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Crock Pot Pizza Sauce 4, 6oz cans tomato paste (organic preferred) 1, 15oz can tomato sauce (organic preferred) 1 cup water 1 teaspoon garlic powder 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon pepper 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon honey 4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese Combine all ingredients except cheese in crock pot. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours. Stir every 30 minutes to 1 hour so it won’t stick. After four hours, stir in cheese. Cool to room temperature and package for freezing or use in 1-2 days. |
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Yummy. I wonder if you can can that? lol can-can
I wouldn’t see why not. You’d probably have to double or triple the batch though.
Love this! I have been thinking about making my own because we never use a whole jar before it starts to grow. (no, I have not read my jar) I hate wasting it! I love that this will be far healthier than the “jar”! I might put mine in ice cubes because we really use very little, then I can get out just what I need. Thanks again for your post!!!
Stacy, this is REALLY cool. I love it! Thanks for sharing it in SLT!
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Hi Stacy,
Thanks so much for sharing this instructive post at FAT TUESDAY Hope to see you next week!
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This is great, Stacy! I’m heading to the kitchen to start a batch now
Thanks!
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I hope you enjoy it!
This looks great!
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How VERY cool!! I am SO into making things from scratch and this, well, this is GREAT! I hopped over from Keeper of the Home where you guest posted and I will be bookmarking your blog…yippee!
Many Blessings,
Camille
That was my friend Mindy’s article. She’s a sweetheart and that was a GREAT article! I hope you enjoy the pizza sauce – it’s soooooooooooo good!
Does the honey make it really sweet? not much of a sweet pizza sauce fan
Hmmmm. I”m not sure how to answer that – because I do like sweet. I might be biased.
You could try a batch since it only makes 4 cups and see? Maybe cut the honey down to half?
So, I said to myself, “Self, this Stacey is seriously funny!!” Thanks for the recipe.