The popularity of tomato sauce is worldwide. You'll find it in Italian pasta dishes, Mexican enchilada sauce, Indian curries, and American meatloaf. Tomatoes are the second most-consumed vegetable and the third largest vegetable cash crop in the U.S., according to U.S. Department of Agriculture figures, and those figures include tomato sauce. Eating tomato sauce two or more times a week reduces a manâs risk of developing prostate cancer by around 20 percent according to dr. We added a few herbs and spices a lot of flavor to the pre-made sauce. We add a teaspoon or two of thyme, oregano, basil, or even a small pinch of red pepper flake which feels little heat. If you need to make something quick for dinner and you have tomato sauce on hand, you can easily serve a healthy meal.