Tomato & basil sauce

Save time and money with this simple and easy tomato pasta sauce. It's also goes well with meat or fish, as well as a pizza topping.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 1 tsp vegetable stock powder or ½ crumbled stock cube
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• few basil leaves

Instructions

0. Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the garlic clove, then gently fry for 1 min.
1. Tip in the chopped tomatoes, vegetable stock powder, tomato purée and 1 tsp sugar, then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, then simmer uncovered for 5 mins, stirring occasionally.
2. To finish, tear a few basil leaves, then stir into the sauce.