Easy Spaghetti Sauce

I LOVE homemade spaghetti sauce but sometimes I don't have the TIME to hover over the stove and boil the tomatoes down. This sauce is SO easy to make. You prep it and then bake it and the oven takes care of the rest. It's versatile as well. You can blend it to create a nice sauce or leave it chunky and serve over some great gluten free pasta. Either way, it's a hit. 

Cherry Tomatoes Pasta

(Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Vegan) 
Adapted by jalene & her husband Dr. Nielsen from a recipe out of the May 2003 Canadian Living Magazine

Ingredients: 

• 4 cups cherry tomatoes
• 16 garlic cloves (that's not a typo! see note)
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 Tbsp dried parsley
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/8 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 tsp ground pepper

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Directions: 

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. 
2. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half. (Cut the large ones into 3rds.) Set aside in a large bowl. 
3. Cut the garlic in half, cut the large cloves into 3rds as well. Add to the tomatoes. 
4. Add the oil, parsley, basil, salt, red pepper and toss well. Pour into a 9x13 baking pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until your tomatoes are shriveled and the garlic is tender. 

While your sauce is baking, don't forget to cook your gluten-free noodles! We LOVE the brand Tinkayada. They have a great taste and texture and they're made simply from brown rice, rice bran, and water. 

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from this point you can either...

Leave it as-is and serve over gluten free noodles 


OR

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You can blend it to make a nice sauce. You're choice! They equally taste amazing. 

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Notes from jalene: 

• Does 16 cloves of garlic seem extreme? Don't worry, it's not. Well, maybe it is, ha ha, but you don't notice it. Actually, when garlic is roasted it becomes mellow. Keeping it in larger pieces rather than mincing it also helps. 
• I have not tried this yet with other kinds of tomatoes but you could try roma tomatoes and cut them into 1/2 inch rings and then use the same method as above. 
  

If you can't find the Tinkyada brand at your local health food store you can always order it off AMAZON. The link to the right is for
6 packages of 16 oz spiral pastas.