RECIPE: HCG Mark’s Tomato Sauce (Mark’s own recipe for phase 1 and 2)

HCG Mark’s Tomato Sauce (Mark’s own recipe for phase 1 and 2)

Ingredients
4 beef steak tomatoes
9 Roma tomatoes
Fresh Basil
¼ cup dried basil
1/8 cup dried oregano
½ tsp chili powder
3 dashes Frank’s Red Hot sauce
2 Tbl tarragon
16oz can organic tomato sauce
2 heaping Tbl chopped garlic
2 dashed onion powder
1 red bell pepper, roasted
½ onion diced
2 tsp No Salt
Fresh ground black pepper
3 cans low sodium tomato sauce
2 cans tomato paste

Directions
Cut red pepper in half.  Remove seeds.  Puree ½ pepper and put in a large pot.  Dice the remaining half and add to pot.
Puree the beef steak tomatoes and add to pot.
Dice the Roma tomatoes and add to pot.
Roll the fresh basil and slice with a knife.  Thin stems are OK.  Add to pot.
Add all remaining ingredients to pot.  Put on high for about 1 hour, then reduce to warm.  You want the tomatoes to reduce, if you see a lot of liquid, turn up the heat for a little while.  I prefer to can the sauce for use throughout the week.

Note: different doctors will follow slightly different protocols.  You may need to omit the red bell pepper and onion in phase one if your doctor advises such.  I did not see any difference in my success when I included it.