High Fructose Corn Syrup Free Tomato Sauce (Marinara)

Homemade marinara is one of those recipes that makes you wonder why you ever reached for a jar in the first place — and when you're avoiding high fructose corn syrup, that jar is almost always off the table anyway. Most store-bought tomato sauces sneak in sweeteners that have no business being there, but this version keeps things clean with just a handful of real ingredients you can actually pronounce. San Marzano tomatoes, good olive oil, garlic, and fresh basil do all the heavy lifting here, and the result is a deeply savory, brick-red sauce with a richness that only comes from a slow, patient simmer. Crushing the tomatoes by hand keeps the texture rustic and satisfying — not too smooth, not too chunky — and the optional pinch of granulated sugar is there purely to balance any natural sharpness, not to mask cheap ingredients. The garlic goes in low and slow so it turns pale golden and fragrant without burning, which is the kind of small detail that makes a big difference in the final flavor. Finish it with torn basil and a drizzle of olive oil, and you have a sauce that works on pasta, pizza, or anything else that deserves something genuinely good.

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