Birdman’s Marinara Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 5 tomatoes, chopped
• 12 mushrooms, sliced
• 1 small bell pepper, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 carrots, shredded
• 2 small zucchini, sliced
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1/4 cup red cooking wine
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
• 2 bay leaves

Directions

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; saute onion and garlic until onion becomes translucent, about 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce, tomatoes, mushrooms, bell pepper, celery, carrots, zucchini, tomato paste, cooking wine, soy sauce, and black pepper; simmer for 2 hours.

Stir basil, oregano, sage, and bay leaves into sauce and simmer until flavors blend, 1 to 2 hours. Remove bay leaves.