Easy Pasta Sauce

Ingredients:

half a small yellow onion, diced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
6-8 small roma tomatoes or 4-6 large red tomatoes
1 small green bell pepper (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Method:
Saute the onion and garlic in a saucepan. (Place the onions in the pan first
, and add the garlic on top of the onion.
This procedure will keep the garlic from burning.)
Turn the heat to low or medium-low.

While the onion and garlic are cooking, chop the tomatoes into
cubes. An easy way to chop them is to slice them in half, then
julienne the halves, and then chop the julienne slices into
small cubes. Some people prefer large chunks while others
prefer a very smooth texture close to puree. Either size works
fine for this recipe and the cooking time does not
need altering for large or small cubes.

Place the tomatoes into the onion and garlic sauté and stir.
Add the diced bell pepper (optional) and stir. Add the spices
and stir again. Let simmer whilst preparing pasta. Stir
occasionally, turning down the flame if it sticks.

When the pasta is done, spoon the sauce onto the individual
servings of pasta or mix with the entire batch, following your
own custom.