tomato sauce for eggplant parmesan

eggplant parmesan
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

whilst at the grocery store, i debated whether or not to pick up a can of premade sauce or make the one from scratch in the recipe (i wish i had thought to check the recipe beforehand, as i once again had to run to the store mid-cooking for tomato paste). i opted for making it from recipe, which was much more flavorful and fresh. the only issue was that it was super thick, which is usually nice for pasta, but did not go very far in the eggplant parmesan recipe. i ended up having to use a box of some starter sauce i had in addition to the homemade sauce. i think next time i will add more diced tomatoes to thin out the sauce a little.