Chicken & Pasta w/ Tomato Cream Sauce

It's been so long that I feel like I don't know how to begin posting again. I have made lots of new recipes, but always seem to forget about taking pictures so that I can post. This recipe is one that I recently watched on the cooking channel. Who doesn't love watching Ree as the Pioneer Woman?!

I've made lots of pasta recipes and I have made lots of different tomato sauces, but this one just hit the spot. I cooked some chicken with seasonings to top it off. The recipe below is just for the pasta w/ tomato cream sauce.

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil

2 Tbsp. butter

1 medium onion, finely diced

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 cans tomato sauce

Salt and Pepper 

Dash of sugar

1 cup heavy whipping cream

grated parmesan, to taste

fresh basil, chopped

1-1/2 lb. pasta (I usually love fettuccine, but had regular spaghetti in the pantry)

What To Do:

• Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and reserve 1 cup of pasta water
• Heat olive oil and butter over medium heat
• Add onions and garlic 
• Saute for about 2 minutes
• Add in tomato sauce, salt and pepper, and sugar to taste
• Stir and cook over low heat for 25 minutes
• Remove from heat and stir in heavy cream
• Add cheese and then check the taste; add more if necessary
• Stir in pasta and mix
• If sauce is too thick for your liking, pour in a little bit of the reserved pasta water to thin it out
• Once it is how you like it, stir in the basil
• Serve immediately