You can make this for a light and quick supper served with a tossed green salad, or add cooked sausage, fried crispy prosciutto, or as a side to grilled chicken. If you do add the sausage cook it separately so you do not add additional fat in sauce. Then slice the sausage to your desired size and mix in with the sauce when it is all cooked. Serve tomato sauce with balsamic vinegar and penne immediately and garnish with grated Romano or Parmesan Reggiano cheese.
If you are cooking a 1/2 pound of pasta use the same amount of sauce instead of decreasing the recipe in half. You will enjoy the extra sauce coating the pasta and it will not be too much.