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21. Well....

I use what ever canned brand is the cheapest.

After sauce has cooled I divide it up into meal size containers and freeze.

Here is my easy, peasy recipe...

Ingredients:
4 28 ounce Cans Crushed or Ground Tomatoes
2 Large Yellow Onions (Diced)
1 Head of Garlic (Diced)
4 Tbsp. Dried Italian Seasoning (Heaping)
½ Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese (Heaping)
1 Empty Tomato Can Full of Water
Olive Oil
Salt (to taste)

Directions:
In a 12 Quart Stainless Steel Pot (SS because of acid)
Brown onions and garlic in olive oil.
Put a heat diffuser under pot.
Add tomatoes, water, Italian seasoning and salt.
Watch carefully, stirring often until good and hot.
Turn heat down to low and cook 8-10 hours( stirring occasionally)
to reduce water content and to thicken the sauce.
Add the parmesan cheese in approx. the last hour.

Notes: Some people use a pinch of baking soda to reduce acid.
Some use a few Tbsp of tomato paste to thicken.
I do neither.

Sometimes I will cook up meatballs or sausage in the same pot
while I'm browning the onions and garlic. I divide and freeze
them right along with the sauce.