Simple Summer Tomato Basil Sauce

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 large tomatoes, cored, and diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 -3 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, chopped
• kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste (i use a lot of pepper)
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Recipe

• 1 toss all ingredients in a bowl.
• 2 if using as a bread topping, grill or toast slices of french bread. cut a garlic clove in half and rub cut half on the warm bread. top with tomato mixture for an amazing summer treat.
• 3 if using as a pasta sauce, put the pasta on to boil while you are chopping and dinner will be done in a flash. toss drained pasta with the room temperature tomato mixture. cubed fresh mozzarella makes a nice addition to the warm pasta and sauce.