olive and caper tomato sauce

Sometimes I want something a little fancier than my regular tomato sauce. Today was one of those days. Behold my olive and caper tomato sauce! :D

I love the briny taste of olives and capers, and they go perfectly with the sweet tang of the tomatoes. While I've kept this sauce pretty simple, you can add red wine, green peppers or carrots, or even ground beef to it to boost the flavor and make it more filling.

This sauce is also perfect for baked pasta dishes because it has so much flavor.

Step 1: Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons capers
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (or less if you're not into spicy things. :D)
• 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
• 1 small onion, diced
• 4 kalamata olives, diced
• 4 green olives, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• olive oil
• 28 oz can tomatoes (crushed, diced, whole - whatever you like!)
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar, optional
• salt to taste

Optional: meat! This time I added some leftover chicken to the sauce. I'd made chicken noodle soup but didn't end up putting all the chicken into it. :) Ground beef or turkey is really good as well. If you're going to use raw meat, cook it along with the vegetables before adding the tomatoes.

Comments

[bajablue]

mm, mmm, mmm!  Love zippy Capers! 

[Threemoons]

This looks way yummy. I bet it would also be good in any "parm" sandwich recipe.