Charlie's tomato & vegetable sauce

Charlie's tomato & vegetable sauce

What you need:
1 onion finely chopped 
1 red pepper finely chopped
2 crushed garlic cloves
A handful of fresh spinach leaves (or a block of frozen spinach)
1 tin of tomatoes
250ml vegetable stock
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 tbsp red wine vinegar 
2 tbsp oil 
50g finely grated cheese (parmesan is good but choose whatever you like)

What you do:
1. Add oil to a large pan and turn on to a medium high heat 
2. Add the onions, peppers and garlic
3. Cook for 5 mins or until golden and soft
4. Add tomato puree and red wine vinegar stir well 
5. Cook for 2 more minutes
6. Add can of tomatoes and stock 
7.  Add a pan lid, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes
8. Add the spinach
9. Turn the heat down to low and cook for another 8 minutes until the sauce begins to thicken
10. Take the pan off the heat, add the grated cheese 

To serve, stir through pasta, or pour over meatballs and rice, or enjoy with a jacket potato or on top of polenta chips or sweet potato fries!

Thank you Charlie for this delicious recipe.