Tonya’s Fix: Homemade Canned Tomato Sauce (SHORELINE Edition)

Tomato sauce is acidic, delicate, and easy to overpower. The trick is choosing the blend that complements instead of bulldozing the tomatoes.

For this, your best weapon is SHORELINE. It’s the most balanced and versatile—less smoky aggression, more “kitchen-ready” flavor.

🍅🔥 Tonya’s Fix: Homemade Canned Tomato Sauce (SHORELINE Edition)

Ingredients

2 kg ripe tomatoes

1 medium onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 Tbsp olive oil

1 tsp salt (SHORELINE has no salt)

½ tsp black pepper

1 tsp sugar (SHORELINE has no sugar)

2 tsp Cape Breton SHORELINE All Purpose Seasoning & Rub

½ tsp red pepper flakes (optional heat)

1 Tbsp lemon juice (for canning safety)

Directions

1) Build your base Heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft (about 5 minutes). Add garlic and cook another minute.

2) Tomatoes go in Add tomatoes and crush them down. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook uncovered for 25–30 minutes until it starts to thicken.

3) Tonya’s Fix moment Stir in:

SHORELINE seasoning

sugar

black pepper

red pepper flakes

Let it simmer another 5–10 minutes.

👉 Taste before adding extra salt—you likely won’t need much.

4) Texture it your way Blend smooth or leave it chunky depending on your style.

5) Canning

Add lemon juice to jars (or directly to the pot before jarring)

Water bath for 30 minutes at a rolling boil

Let sit 10 minutes before removing

Lids should pop within ~30 minutes

🔥 Why SHORELINE Works Here

Built-in herb balance replaces oregano + basil

Spice blend keeps it simple

Doesn’t overpower the natural tomato sweetness

Lets you cut ingredient count without cutting flavor

💡 📣 Facebook-Ready Caption

“Tonya’s Fix 🍅🔥”

When your sauce needs a little something… you don’t reach for 6 spices—you reach for one.

Small-batch tomatoes. Big flavor.

Finished with our SHORELINE seasoning for that “what did you put in this?” moment.

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