Instant Pot Pasta Sauce

I must toot my own horn and say this pasta sauce is so worth making at home, way better than any bottled/canned sauce! 

Now that you know how to use the sauté mode on your Instant Pot, this should be so quick! I like making this sauce in larger quantities and freezing it every now and then so I have a quick, hearty and very healthy pasta sauce on hand for even the laziest of days. Let me also add, that even if you don’t have the Instant Pot, you can easily make this same sauce stove top (I used to do). Follow the same steps and instead of pressure cooking the tomatoes let them cook at a slow temperature until they liquify.

This mixed veggie, tomato based sauce packs in a handful of veggies and cooks in one pot so you don’t have to worry about washing multiple pots and pans. The best part is, in addition to making the sauce in one pot, you can also make the whole meal in the same pot. Throw in the pasta using the pot in pot method (on top of the sauce) or add it to the sauce once it’s cooked and you have yourself a meal. To clarify, I cook the pasta separately because I like to blend the tomatoes after they cook and become mushy. I also throw in additional veggies after I am done blending, so they stay al dente. 

If you don’t care to have any other veggies in your sauce and want to make it a plain, chunky tomato sauce, you can throw in the pasta to cook with the tomatoes. It all depends on how you like your pasta.

Give it a try and let me know your Insta-pasta-sauce turns out!

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