Roasted tomato sauce with garlic and olive oil

I've been trying to be creative with my tomatoes this year. I have never made tomato sauce before and saw a friend of mine post a recipe with roasted tomatoes. I had a bunch of tomatoes that I wanted to make sauce out of and thought I would try doing a tomato sauce using roasted tomatoes. I came up with this wonderful and easy recipe. It is so easy, you don't even have to measure anything.

Roma tomatoes sliced in half with the seeds removed but the core left intact.
Olive oil
garlic cloves, minced/chopped (I use minced that I buy in a huge jar at Costco)

Heat your oven to 300 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with foil and place your halved tomatoes on it. Drizzle olive oil on top of them and place some garlic inside. Place in the oven and cook for about 2 hours.

After about 2 hours pull them out of the oven and let them cool. Then place all of them, (try not to let the oil spill out of the tomato) into a blender and puree. Freeze it, or use it in a recipe that calls for tomato sauce.

I used a 1/2 cup of it in a wonderful Italian recipe that I found for dinner tonight. I will post that one later. But you won't be disappointed!

Tomato and Basil Pasta with Chicken

This is great with fresh tomatoes and basil from the garden.

1 (8 oz) package spaghetti (or your choice noodles)
1 TB olive oil
1/2 c finely chopped onion
1 clove garlic chopped (or 1 tsp mined garlic)
2 1/2 c chopped tomatoes
2 c boneless chicken breast, cooked and chopped
1/4 c chopped fresh basil
1/2 tsp salt
a pinch of cayenne pepper
1/4 c parmesan cheese

1. In a large pot boil water and add noodles cooking for about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. In a large skillet, heat oil and saute onion and garlic. Stir in all remaining ingredients except cheese. Simmer about 5 minutes until tomatoes are soft.
3. Take off heat and add cheese.
4. Serve over noodles.