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Pasta Sauce Recipe - Creamy Roasted Garlic Tomato Sauce Ingredients: 6 large Roma tomatoes, quartered 1 small onion, peeled, halved 6 garlic cloves, peeled 2 tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil 2 tablespoons (8 g) chopped fresh parsley 1 cup (240 ml) soy milk or low fat milk salt and pepper Instructions: Microwave shallot and balsamic vinegar for 1 minute on High. Place all ingredients, except the olive oil, into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid. Select Variable 1. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 10, then to High. Remove the lid plug and add olive oil in a thin stream through the lid plug opening. Blend for 1 minute.

"Eating tomatoes in your daily salad or regularly enjoying a healthy red sauce on your spaghetti could help reduce your risk of stroke, according to research published this week in the journal Neurology. Tomatoes contain a powerful antioxidant that is good for brain health, the researchers say, and cooked tomatoes seem to offer more protection than raw. "