Homemade spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce, pasta sauce… whatever you call it, you need to make my family's spaghetti sauce recipe! This tomato sauce recipe is easy to make using a few staple ingredients: tomatoes, garlic, carrots, onion, some spices and herbs and of course garlic! This spaghetti sauce is thick and packed with flavor, you'll be ditching that store bought pasta sauce! Plus, you can make this quick vegetarian pasta sauce ahead and freeze it for later use. Ingredients: ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, grated 3 garlic cloves, finely minced 2 carrots, finely grated (use a food processor or a grater) 28 oz canned crushed tomatoes ½ cup water (pasta cooking water, preferred) Kosher salt and black pepper 1 tbsp dried oregano 1 tsp sweet Spanish paprika Pinch red pepper flakes, optional Handful fresh basil, about ½ cup packed, torn Handful fresh parsley, about ½ cup packed, chopped #spaghetti #spaghettisauce #spaghettirecipe #pastasauce #pastasaucerecipe #tomatosauce #tomatosaucerecipe #homemadespaghettisauce #homemadepastasauce #homemadetomatosauce #italian #italianfood #italianrecipe #italianpasta #italianpastasauce #italiansauce #italianspaghetti