The Real Thing

My lovely neighbourhood egg lady and gardener extraordinaire  came by today and asked me if I’d like to buy some tomatoes from her. Not just a few pounds, more like forty pounds! Fresh, round, locally grown tomatoes. Perfect for canning, or freezing, or making real spaghetti sauce.

I hadn’t planned to be working with tomatoes today, but hey, plans change.  Flexible is now my middle name. I decided to find a good homemade tomato sauce recipe on the ‘net and Allrecipes did not let me down.  I sauteed onions, green peppers, garlic, and celery in a mixture of butter and olive oil, then added at least 20 cut up and somewhat seeded tomatoes to the dutch oven.  I added some spices. Then simmer, simmer,simmer. All evening long. It’s getting nice and thick and it tastes great! Now, I just have to figure out a way to get rid of the tomato peels. Hopefully they will just all float to the top and I can skim them off.. Or I’ll have to use a strainer of sorts. I’ll worry about that tomorrow.

Decided against canning the remainder. They are all nicely bagged and tucked into the freezer.

Tomorrow maybe I’ll get to those apples I was hoping to make into a few pies today!