Best Pasta Sauce

Ingredients:
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup minced onion
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
One 28-ounce can diced tomatoes with their liquid
1/3 cup pitted green olives, coarsely chopped
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions:
In a medium saucepan, heat the oil.
Add the garlic, onion, thyme and oregano
and cook over moderate heat
until softened, about 4 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, cover and cook
over moderate heat for 6 minutes,
stirring occasionally.
Using an immersion blender,
puree the sauce until slightly chunky.
In a small saucepan, cover the olives
with water and bring to a boil
over high heat, drain well.
Add the olives to the tomato sauce,
season with salt and pepper and bring to a simmer.
Simmer until heated through and serve.