Mushroom-Onion Tomato Sauce

Onions, mushrooms, spices and tomato sauce were sizzling in my frying pan. Within minutes a mouthwatering aroma filled my house. Mushky stopped her homework (understandable) and Shalom put down the Wii remote (not so understandable) and came bounding into the kitchen asking, "Mommy, what smells soooo delicious?" I let them know that it was a new sauce I was trying out.  

The funny thing about the sauce is that at first it wasn't intended to be a sauce at all. We were just going to have sauteed mushrooms and onions to top our pasta. Watching the onions and mushrooms dance in the frying pan I had a feeling they might enjoy the company of some tomato sauce - which it turns out they thoroughly did. 

At dinner we finally tasted the new sauce and it was amazing! In the end Shalom decided that he wasn't going to try it, while Mushky pronounced that it was super yummy and gobbled it all up.

The Mushroom-Onion Tomato Sauce was served over ditalini and was accompanied by salmon baked with dill, pan seared green beans and a garden salad.

Mushroom-Onion Tomato Sauce

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

1 medium Vidalia onion

8 medium button mushrooms

1 can Hunt's tomato sauce

Garlic powder

Oregano

Black pepper

Salt

Sugar (or Splenda)

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan on a medium-high (more towards high). Dice the onion and mushrooms and add to the frying pan. Sprinkle with garlic powder, oregano, black pepper and salt. Stir frequently and allow the mushrooms and onions to get soft. Add one can Hunt's plain tomato sauce. Sprinkle in some sugar (I used Splenda). Continue to mix frequently. After it has boiled for a few minutes, lower the flame to low and allow the sauce to continue to cook for about 10 minutes - it will begin to reduce and get somewhat thicker.

Remove sauce from pan and serve over pasta.

Enjoy!