Easy Marinara Sauce

Ingredients (13)

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion,
• 1 carrot,
• 1 celery stalk,
• 5 cloves garlic,
• Pinch of fennel seed
• 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 (28 oz) cans crushed tomatoes
• 1/3 cup freshly chopped basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• Salt and black pepper,
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar,