Happy Earth Day! To celebrate Earth Weekend, Arielle and I spent the weekend with my friend Kelly in Harrisburg, PA. It was to be a weekend of hiking and enjoying nature. My leg started hurting after our Saturday hike, so yesterday we decided to go for an easy walk at the Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve…
Tag: tomato sauce
Pasta Sauce with Dried Mushrooms and Red Wine
I still have a freezer full of basic tomato sauce just waiting to be played with and added to. I wanted to make a full-bodied sauce, so I decided to add some of my dried mushrooms and red wine. It came out a little bitter, but adding a little sugar did the trick and it became luxurious….
Turkey Bolognese – Thanksgiving Leftovers #3
Take leftover turkey, a bunch of veggies, and mix it into my homemade spaghetti sauce and you get a totally new meal – Turkey Bolognese. It is a shame to call this a “leftover” meal, since I would almost make the turkey just to be able to make this! It is a shame I made…
Basic Tomato Sauce
When tomatoes are plentiful, I make many batches of basic tomato sauce, freeze it, and then adjust the flavors and texture depending upon it’s intended use. Depending upon my harvest, I can be finishing the last of last year’s sauce just as this year’s tomatoes begin to ripen. And as you will see below, making…
Zucchini – Tomato Sauce with a Kick
We are in that in-between period when the zucchini are plentiful but the tomatoes are still green on the vine. This recipe is perfect for now as it uses zucchini and herbs from the garden and canned tomatoes. Once my tomatoes are in and I am making sauces, I typically do a version of this…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 