Tuesday, November 28, 2023

TOMATO SAUCE IN FLORIDA

 Inverness Fresh Market often has baskets of tomatoes for $1 a basket to get rid of those that might spoil.  They are never very pock marked.

I bought four baskets and used all but three tomatoes.  Those I put up on the shelf for rippening and sllicing.

Put a small amount of water in the slow cooker.

Cut tomatoes in very small pieces and add them to the water.  Add parsley, onion powder and a bit of garlic powder.

Add two small cans of tomato paste,

stir it all up.

Cook on the high 4 hour setting and when 4 hours is up, stir again.  Then put on the high 6 hour setting for an hour or more.

Very good diced tomato sauce.  It could be blended to make it smoother.  We like it the way it is.

Saturday, November 18, 2023

GARLIC CHICKEN SOUP

 Roast a bunch of garlic, dump it in a pot

Chop onion dump in same pot
Dump sliced mushrooms, chopped raw chicken and a bag of shredded cabbage
Add giant pat of butter
Stir fry
When chicken cooked and all veggies tender dump in lemon juice, chicken stock or base, water, salt, pepper, parsley, thyme and boil for about 15 minutes
Turn off and resist the urge to burn your tongue eating it because you just couldn’t wait for it to cool down