Easy pasta sauce. [View all]

28 oz can of tomatoes. Quality maters so the better the tomato the better the sauce. But San Marzano tomatoes are pretty pricey and honestly what's on sale diced or crushed should be fine.
Crush the tomatoes with your hands or in a food mill. Using a blender crushes the seeds and gives a bitter flavor. Honestly though use a blender it's not that bitter.

Add a bit of olive oil (again quality matters), a couple of grinds of black pepper, some fresh basil, and blend it up.

Of course being American we're going to add garlic, salt, and a bunch of other spices. But don't, at least not the first time.
However if you want a thicker sauce a little tomato paste isn't going to hurt.

I haven't bought a jar of store pasta sauce for a couple years now.